OTTAWA — New Toronto-area Conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor to the Liberals in a stunning political move just hours after the end of the fall Parliamentary session.

Ma’s floor crossing was announced via statement sent by the Liberal Party Thursday afternoon.

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“After listening carefully to the people of Markham–Unionville in recent weeks and reflecting with my family on the direction of our country, I have informed the Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition that I will be joining Prime Minister Mark Carney in the government caucus,” Ma said in a statement.

Ma’s crossing brings the minority Liberal government within one seat of forming a majority. It also deals a major blow to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s leadership just one month before he fa

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