How the Liberals won over a floor crosser

He's done it again: Prime Minister Mark Carney has convinced yet another Conservative to join his Liberal government. This time, it's Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu, who previously said she was "personally pro-life" and opposed a Liberal bill to ban conversion therapy. She's now recanting those positions as Carney insists Liberal values are unchanged.

How does it work when the Liberals try to cajole a Tory to join them? Catherine Cullen sits down with the first Conservative MP who made the leap to the Liberals, Chris d’Entremont, and Kody Blois, one of the Liberals who wooed him to cross the floor, to find out how it happens. 

Then, poll analyst Philippe Fournier lays the ground for Monday’s byelections, when Carney is expected to cement his majority in Parliament. And as the Liberals hold their policy convention in Montreal, Hill watchers Joël-Denis Bellavance and Nick Taylor-Vaisey discuss the dramatic week in Canadian politics and what Gladu’s departure means for her former leader, Pierre Poilievre. 

Plus, this week US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada-US trade negotiations could stretch past the July 1st deadline, and that there were “unresolved issues” with Canada. One of those irritants is the new Online Streaming Act, designed to make big streamers like Netflix and Disney pay to fund Canadian content the way that broadcasters do. CBC’s Jennifer Chevalier explores whether the Online Streaming Act is worth fighting for – in the face of yet more tariff threats.

This episode features the voices of:

• Chris d’Entremont, Liberal MP for Acadie—Annapolis
• Kody Blois, Liberal MP for Kings—Hants
• Philippe Fournier, editor-in-chief at 338 Canada
• Joël-Denis Bellavance, Ottawa bureau chief for La Presse
• Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Ottawa bureau chief for Politico
• Reynolds Mastin, President and CEO of the Canadian Media Producers Association
• Carla de Jong, Head of Co-Production and International Partnerships at Sinking Ship Entertainment
• Andrew Cash, CEO of the Canadian Independent Music Association and former NDP MP
• Sandra Aubé, Liberal strategist
• Vass Bednar, Managing Director of the Canadian Shield Institute
• Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law at the University in Ottawa