The voters chose a minority government and expected the parties to work together, and I don’t think it’s right for Carney and his team to try to undermine that,” said Kofman. “But then I think of Poilievre’s stupid little face being told about one floor crossing after another and I giggle for about 10 minutes.”
But also:
Kofman went on to acknowledge his concerns that a Carney Liberal majority could force through a Western pipeline without any environmental or Indigenous consultation, before dissolving back into giggles picturing Pierre Poilievre’s sad face becoming a popular reaction gif used to denote “whiny pouting” across the internet.
How is it undemocratic? You vote for your MP, not the party.
That’s not how many understand it. I’m pretty sure my extended family have no idea. Especially given they come from a country with proportional representation.
To the best of my understanding, when an MP runs under the banner of a party, they’re required by the party to vote in the same way as everyone else in that party unless otherwise specified (e.g. when we voted to recognize gay marriage). So when we vote on an MP, we don’t care what the MP thinks because it has no bearing on how they vote in parliament. All that matters is what the party leader decides on.
