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Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party on March 11, 2026, becoming the fourth opposition MP to defect to Prime Minister Mark Carney's government in four months. The move brings the Liberals to 170 seats — just two short of a majority — with three byelections scheduled for April 13 that could clinch it, intensifying a national debate over democratic legitimacy when a minority government assembles a majority without winning one at the ballot box.