Canadian Lawmaker Switches Sides, Liberals Near Majority

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where global headlines meet AI. A Canadian conservative lawmaker just switched sides to the ruling liberal party, putting Prime Minister Mark Carney one seat away from a majority in. The 343 seat, House of Commons. That's Marilyn Gladu defecting on April 8th, boosting the liberals to 171 seats after their minority win in the April 20th. 25 election. Carney's crew needs that edge to ram through big policies, especially countering US President Donald Trump's trade threats amid all this global. Mess. The Prime Minister called it a timely boost, saying it'll steady the ship when things feel shaky. Folks are buzzing about the hit-to-conservative leader Pierre Poylev, who's already under fire after blowing a huge lead in losing last years. Vote. He barely held on in a January leadership review. No word yet from his camp on this latest flip. This marks the fourth conservative jumping ship to the liberals since last November,

1:00plus one from the left, leaning new Democrats last month. With special elections coming up on April 13th for two empty seats that liberals are favor to snag, a full majority looks locked in. That set of collect Carney co-s right through to October 2029, without sweating an early vote, even as polls show his party way out. Front Canadian politics just got a whole lot more predictable.