포일리에브르가 항의하지만, 축하하는 자유당원들은 다수당에 도달하는 방식이 중요하지 않아 보임글라두의 사회보수주의는 자유당 전당대회에서 무시됨
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Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Apr 10, 2026 4:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago
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다운타운 몬트리올의 전국 전당대회에 모인 4,500명의 자유당 당원들은 월요일 3개 보궐선거 앞에서 정책을 논의하고 추진력을 구축하기 위해 모였다. 이 보궐선거들은 하원에서 의제를 통제하는 데 필요한 기준선을 넘어설 것이 거의 확실하다.
자유당은 이번 주 초 사회보수주의자 매릴린 글라두를 자유당 진영에 추가하여 지난 몇 개월간 5번째 교섭 넘어온 의원을 확보했다. 글라두는 이전의 낙태 반대 발언, 백신 회의론, 전환 치료에 반대하는 자유당 법안에 반대했음에도 불구하고, 많은 의원과 대의원들은 글라두의 추가가 자유당의 가치를 희석할 것이라는 제안을 무시했다.
버링턴 의원 카리나 굴드는 자유당의 더 진보적인 진영의 일부로서 교섭 넘어온 의원들이 "당을 바꾸려 하지 않고 당에 참여하려는" 의도를 믿기로 했다고 말했다.
좌파 성향의 자유당 의원 스티븐 길보(Steven Guilbeault)는 당이 전 총리 저스틴 트루도 시대와는 다르지만, 특정 문제에 대해 여전히 "매우 진보적"이라고 생각한다고 말했다. 길보는 글라두가 기후 변화와 같은 문제에서 자신에게 여러 번 소리쳤으며, 이제 기후가 문제라고 믿고 기후 변화에 대처하기 위한 조치를 계속 시행하고 있는 당에 참여하고 있다고 설명했다.
글라두는 목요일 늦은 시간 기자회견에서 자신이 낙태에 찬성하지만 자신의 "신앙 전통"을 가지고 있다고 말하며 이전의 일부 발언을 설명하려고 시도했다.
자유당은 전당대회에서 대부분의 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 전면에 배치하여 전 신민당 의원 로리 아이들아웃(Lori Idlout)과 전 보수당 의원 글라두, 매트 제네루(Matt Jeneroux), 크리스 드엔트레몬(Chris d'Entremont)에게 무대 시간을 제공했다.
보수당 지도자 피에르 포일리에브르는 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 선거구민들에 대한 배신자로 낙인찍기 위해 노력하고 있으며, 개인적으로 회상 청원(충분한 지역 지지를 확보할 경우 대표를 제거할 수 있는 방법)을 지지한다고 말했다.
"마크 카니는 캐나다인들에게 '당신의 투표는 중요하지 않습니다'라고 말하고 있습니다"라고 포일리에브르는 목요일 브리티시컬럼비아주 리치먼드에서 말했다.
몬트리올의 자유당원들은 교섭 넘어온 의원들로 인한 다수당이 정당하지 않다는 제안에 반박했다.
"만약 의원들이 교섭할 권리가 없다면, 그것은 정말 총리와 지도자들에게 그들의 교섭단 위에 전체 독재적 권력을 부여합니다"라고 전 브리티시컬럼비아주 총리이자 자유당 지도자 후보 크리스티 클락(Christy Clark)이 말했다.
여론조사 분석가 에릭 그레니어(Eric Grenier)는 여론조사에 따르면 캐나다인들이 교섭 넘어가기를 좋아하지 않지만, 카니가 타격을 입고 있지는 않다고 말했다.
글라두의 결당으로 자유당은 171석에 도달했으며, 하원의 모든 의석이 채워졌을 때 필요한 172석보다 모자란 상태이다. 자유당 의장이 자유당 의원이기 때문에, 카니의 당은 173석에 도달할 경우 하원 업무를 통제하는 것이 더 용이할 것이다.
3개 보궐선거 중 2개를 확보하면 카니를 더 편안한 위치에 도달할 수 있다. 3개 모두를 이기거나 더 많은 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 유혹하면 더 많은 여유가 생길 것이라고 그레니어는 말했다.
전 하원 지도자인 굴드는 다수당이 지난 가을에 더 큰 차이를 만들었을 것이라고 말하며, 그것을 자신이 경험한 "가장 기능 불량인 의회" 중 하나라고 불렀다.
브리티시컬럼비아주 자유당 의원 조나단 윌킨슨(Jonathan Wilkinson)은 다수당이 불안정한 시대에 안정성을 가져올 것이라고 말했다.
자유당은 이번 주 초 사회보수주의자 매릴린 글라두를 자유당 진영에 추가하여 지난 몇 개월간 5번째 교섭 넘어온 의원을 확보했다. 글라두는 이전의 낙태 반대 발언, 백신 회의론, 전환 치료에 반대하는 자유당 법안에 반대했음에도 불구하고, 많은 의원과 대의원들은 글라두의 추가가 자유당의 가치를 희석할 것이라는 제안을 무시했다.
버링턴 의원 카리나 굴드는 자유당의 더 진보적인 진영의 일부로서 교섭 넘어온 의원들이 "당을 바꾸려 하지 않고 당에 참여하려는" 의도를 믿기로 했다고 말했다.
좌파 성향의 자유당 의원 스티븐 길보(Steven Guilbeault)는 당이 전 총리 저스틴 트루도 시대와는 다르지만, 특정 문제에 대해 여전히 "매우 진보적"이라고 생각한다고 말했다. 길보는 글라두가 기후 변화와 같은 문제에서 자신에게 여러 번 소리쳤으며, 이제 기후가 문제라고 믿고 기후 변화에 대처하기 위한 조치를 계속 시행하고 있는 당에 참여하고 있다고 설명했다.
글라두는 목요일 늦은 시간 기자회견에서 자신이 낙태에 찬성하지만 자신의 "신앙 전통"을 가지고 있다고 말하며 이전의 일부 발언을 설명하려고 시도했다.
자유당은 전당대회에서 대부분의 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 전면에 배치하여 전 신민당 의원 로리 아이들아웃(Lori Idlout)과 전 보수당 의원 글라두, 매트 제네루(Matt Jeneroux), 크리스 드엔트레몬(Chris d'Entremont)에게 무대 시간을 제공했다.
보수당 지도자 피에르 포일리에브르는 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 선거구민들에 대한 배신자로 낙인찍기 위해 노력하고 있으며, 개인적으로 회상 청원(충분한 지역 지지를 확보할 경우 대표를 제거할 수 있는 방법)을 지지한다고 말했다.
"마크 카니는 캐나다인들에게 '당신의 투표는 중요하지 않습니다'라고 말하고 있습니다"라고 포일리에브르는 목요일 브리티시컬럼비아주 리치먼드에서 말했다.
몬트리올의 자유당원들은 교섭 넘어온 의원들로 인한 다수당이 정당하지 않다는 제안에 반박했다.
"만약 의원들이 교섭할 권리가 없다면, 그것은 정말 총리와 지도자들에게 그들의 교섭단 위에 전체 독재적 권력을 부여합니다"라고 전 브리티시컬럼비아주 총리이자 자유당 지도자 후보 크리스티 클락(Christy Clark)이 말했다.
여론조사 분석가 에릭 그레니어(Eric Grenier)는 여론조사에 따르면 캐나다인들이 교섭 넘어가기를 좋아하지 않지만, 카니가 타격을 입고 있지는 않다고 말했다.
글라두의 결당으로 자유당은 171석에 도달했으며, 하원의 모든 의석이 채워졌을 때 필요한 172석보다 모자란 상태이다. 자유당 의장이 자유당 의원이기 때문에, 카니의 당은 173석에 도달할 경우 하원 업무를 통제하는 것이 더 용이할 것이다.
3개 보궐선거 중 2개를 확보하면 카니를 더 편안한 위치에 도달할 수 있다. 3개 모두를 이기거나 더 많은 교섭 넘어온 의원들을 유혹하면 더 많은 여유가 생길 것이라고 그레니어는 말했다.
전 하원 지도자인 굴드는 다수당이 지난 가을에 더 큰 차이를 만들었을 것이라고 말하며, 그것을 자신이 경험한 "가장 기능 불량인 의회" 중 하나라고 불렀다.
브리티시컬럼비아주 자유당 의원 조나단 윌킨슨(Jonathan Wilkinson)은 다수당이 불안정한 시대에 안정성을 가져올 것이라고 말했다.
High-spirited Liberals gathering at their national convention in downtown Montreal don't seem bothered by how they cobble together a majority government, as long as they find stability.
Some 4,500 party members have gathered to talk policy and build momentum ahead of Monday's three byelections that are all but guaranteed to get the party past the threshold needed to control the agenda in the House of Commons.
They further bolstered their seat count earlier this week when, in a surprise move, they added social conservative Marilyn Gladu to the Liberal cadre — their fifth floor-crosser in as many months.
Despite her previous anti-abortion comments, vaccine hesitancy and opposition to a Liberal bill opposing conversation therapy, many MPs and delegates shrugged off any suggestion Gladu's addition would dilute Liberal values.
Burlington MP Karina Gould, part of the Liberals' more progressive wing, said she'll give the benefit of the doubt that floor-crossers want to "join the party, not to change the party."
"I am very firmly pro-choice. I am very firmly pro-LGBTQ rights in this country. I am very firmly pro-science.… So are there concerns about that? Sure," she said of Gladu.
"Even if she holds those views right now but she's committed to supporting Liberal values, the rights of Canadians and she's not going to try to change those, then that's OK with me."
Floor-crosser Gladu 'knows exactly where we stand' on abortion, climate change: Guilbeault
Fellow left-leaning Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault — who quit Carney's cabinet over a memorandum of understanding with Alberta to establish a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline — said while the party is different now than under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, he still thinks it's "very progressive" on certain issues.
"I've heard [Gladu] scream at me on a number of occasions on things like climate change. She's now joining a party who believes that climate is an issue and who is still putting in place measures to fight climate change. When she joins us, she knows that this is where we stand," he told reporters.
"We have changed and we will probably change under another leader because that's the way things are."
In a late Thursday scrum, Gladu attempted to explain away some of her previous comments by saying she's pro-choice while having her own "faith traditions."
The Liberal Party put most floor-crossers front and centre at the convention, giving stage time to former NDP MP Lori Idlout and former Conservatives Gladu, Matt Jeneroux and Chris d'Entremont.
Their fellow former Conservative Michaal Ma has also been spotted in the hallways.
"I don't know whether to introduce myself as a recovering Conservative or just that I was a Liberal and I didn't know it," d'Entremont said, garnering a laugh from the crowd.
During a panel discussion on Friday, Jeneroux said he hasn't looked back since crossing the floor.
"Have slept well every night," he said.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been working to cast floor-crossers as traitors to their constituents, saying he personally supports recall petitions — a way for constituents to remove a representative if they garner enough local support.
"Mark Carney is saying to Canadians: 'Your vote does not count,'" Poilievre said from Richmond, B.C., on Thursday.
"That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom deals."
'I feel badly' for former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu's constituents: Poilievre
Liberals in Montreal pushed back on any suggestion a majority helped by floor-crossing isn't legitimate.
"If MPs don't have a right to cross the floor, it really gives prime ministers and leaders total dictatorial power over their caucus," said former British Columbia premier and Liberal leadership contender Christy Clark.
"I have always
Eric Greneir, a polls analyst at The Writ, said polling suggests Canadians aren't keen on floor-crossing, but it's not Carney taking the hit.
"We also see from the same polling that people thought that the recent lot of floor-crossers looked good for Carney and looked bad for Poilievre," he said.
"So while we do see in polling that people don't really like the idea of [floor-crossing] I'm not sure that we actually see that it has any impact on support for the parties or any real implications when it comes to actually voting in an election."
Gladu's defection brings the Liberals up to 171 seats, short of the 172 needed for a slim majority when all seats in the House of Commons are filled.
Because the Speaker is a Liberal MP, Carney's party would have an easier time controlling House business if they got to 173 seats.
Securing the two of the three byelections could get Carney to a more comfortable spot. Winning all three or enticing more floor-crossers would give him even more padding, said Grenier.
"When you only have a majority of one or two seats, you can be held hostage by one or two MPs," he said. "If they get some more floor-crossings, then they have a little bit more wiggle room."
Gould, a former House leader, said a majority would've made a bigger difference last fall, calling it one of the "most dysfunctional parliaments I've ever experienced."
She said the tone has changed with the opposition parties also not wanting to trigger an election.
"There's actually not that much that's being held up at committee right now, because the Conservatives really have decided that they want to co-operate with the government," she said.
"Functionally, does it change that much? Not in this moment. But I think it would, if there is a majority, give the country stability for three years as opposed to six months or 12 months."
British Columbia Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson said a majority would bring stability to unstable times.
"This provides the ability for the government to actually be thinking forward with respect to things like how do we actually diversify trade, how do we manage through the negotiations on CUSMA, how can we play a constructive role in the aftermath of what is going on in the Persian Gulf?" he said.
"I honestly think that especially in turbulent times like this, majorities are actually good."
Some 4,500 party members have gathered to talk policy and build momentum ahead of Monday's three byelections that are all but guaranteed to get the party past the threshold needed to control the agenda in the House of Commons.
They further bolstered their seat count earlier this week when, in a surprise move, they added social conservative Marilyn Gladu to the Liberal cadre — their fifth floor-crosser in as many months.
Despite her previous anti-abortion comments, vaccine hesitancy and opposition to a Liberal bill opposing conversation therapy, many MPs and delegates shrugged off any suggestion Gladu's addition would dilute Liberal values.
Burlington MP Karina Gould, part of the Liberals' more progressive wing, said she'll give the benefit of the doubt that floor-crossers want to "join the party, not to change the party."
"I am very firmly pro-choice. I am very firmly pro-LGBTQ rights in this country. I am very firmly pro-science.… So are there concerns about that? Sure," she said of Gladu.
"Even if she holds those views right now but she's committed to supporting Liberal values, the rights of Canadians and she's not going to try to change those, then that's OK with me."
Floor-crosser Gladu 'knows exactly where we stand' on abortion, climate change: Guilbeault
Fellow left-leaning Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault — who quit Carney's cabinet over a memorandum of understanding with Alberta to establish a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline — said while the party is different now than under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, he still thinks it's "very progressive" on certain issues.
"I've heard [Gladu] scream at me on a number of occasions on things like climate change. She's now joining a party who believes that climate is an issue and who is still putting in place measures to fight climate change. When she joins us, she knows that this is where we stand," he told reporters.
"We have changed and we will probably change under another leader because that's the way things are."
In a late Thursday scrum, Gladu attempted to explain away some of her previous comments by saying she's pro-choice while having her own "faith traditions."
The Liberal Party put most floor-crossers front and centre at the convention, giving stage time to former NDP MP Lori Idlout and former Conservatives Gladu, Matt Jeneroux and Chris d'Entremont.
Their fellow former Conservative Michaal Ma has also been spotted in the hallways.
"I don't know whether to introduce myself as a recovering Conservative or just that I was a Liberal and I didn't know it," d'Entremont said, garnering a laugh from the crowd.
During a panel discussion on Friday, Jeneroux said he hasn't looked back since crossing the floor.
"Have slept well every night," he said.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been working to cast floor-crossers as traitors to their constituents, saying he personally supports recall petitions — a way for constituents to remove a representative if they garner enough local support.
"Mark Carney is saying to Canadians: 'Your vote does not count,'" Poilievre said from Richmond, B.C., on Thursday.
"That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom deals."
'I feel badly' for former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu's constituents: Poilievre
Liberals in Montreal pushed back on any suggestion a majority helped by floor-crossing isn't legitimate.
"If MPs don't have a right to cross the floor, it really gives prime ministers and leaders total dictatorial power over their caucus," said former British Columbia premier and Liberal leadership contender Christy Clark.
"I have always
Eric Greneir, a polls analyst at The Writ, said polling suggests Canadians aren't keen on floor-crossing, but it's not Carney taking the hit.
"We also see from the same polling that people thought that the recent lot of floor-crossers looked good for Carney and looked bad for Poilievre," he said.
"So while we do see in polling that people don't really like the idea of [floor-crossing] I'm not sure that we actually see that it has any impact on support for the parties or any real implications when it comes to actually voting in an election."
Gladu's defection brings the Liberals up to 171 seats, short of the 172 needed for a slim majority when all seats in the House of Commons are filled.
Because the Speaker is a Liberal MP, Carney's party would have an easier time controlling House business if they got to 173 seats.
Securing the two of the three byelections could get Carney to a more comfortable spot. Winning all three or enticing more floor-crossers would give him even more padding, said Grenier.
"When you only have a majority of one or two seats, you can be held hostage by one or two MPs," he said. "If they get some more floor-crossings, then they have a little bit more wiggle room."
Gould, a former House leader, said a majority would've made a bigger difference last fall, calling it one of the "most dysfunctional parliaments I've ever experienced."
She said the tone has changed with the opposition parties also not wanting to trigger an election.
"There's actually not that much that's being held up at committee right now, because the Conservatives really have decided that they want to co-operate with the government," she said.
"Functionally, does it change that much? Not in this moment. But I think it would, if there is a majority, give the country stability for three years as opposed to six months or 12 months."
British Columbia Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson said a majority would bring stability to unstable times.
"This provides the ability for the government to actually be thinking forward with respect to things like how do we actually diversify trade, how do we manage through the negotiations on CUSMA, how can we play a constructive role in the aftermath of what is going on in the Persian Gulf?" he said.
"I honestly think that especially in turbulent times like this, majorities are actually good."