{"id":495545,"date":"2026-02-24T04:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:38:16","slug":"shock-move-in-ottawa-as-third-mp-crosses-the-floor-since-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495545\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock move in Ottawa as third MP crosses the floor since November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A political shakeup in Ottawa is drawing reaction after Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks the third floor crossing since November and has sparked debate on Parliament Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Ontario MP Michael Barrett weighed in on the decision, saying that Politicians fly under the banner they create.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2044\/files\/2026\/02\/021926-michael-barrett-01.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2044\/files\/2026\/02\/021926-michael-barrett-01.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeneroux is set to serve as special advisor on economic and security partnerships. In the role, he will focus on trade, global security and Canada\u2019s economic strength.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett said the change does not alter his priorities and that he remains focused on delivering strong results for residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2044\/files\/2026\/02\/021926-michael-barrett-02.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2044\/files\/2026\/02\/021926-michael-barrett-02.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the latest switch, the Liberals continue to lead a minority government in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A political shakeup in Ottawa is drawing reaction after Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crossed the floor to join&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-495545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}