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New Democrats feel the Carney burn as Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor to Liberals

Like their Conservative counterparts who have already felt the Carney burn three times, federal New Democrats will be none too happy about the not-completely-unexpected news late yesterday that Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Government as it creeps toward a post-election majority. When I predicted in yesterday’s post that…

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