Liberals finally manufacture a majority government

Subhead:Mark Carney’s slim majority in the House of Commons reeks of backroom deals, forged through unprecedented opposition floor-crossings.# Following two comfortable victories in the ridings of University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest in Toronto, and scraping a narrow win in Terrebonne, Quebec, the Liberals have now manufactured a slim majority in the House of Commons without ever facing the Canadian people in a general election. With last night’s clean sweep of all three federal byelections added to the five opposition MPs who have crossed the floor in as many months — four Conservatives and one New Democrat — Mark Carney’s government now holds 174 seats, crossing the magic threshold into majority governance for the first time since 2019. BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government with a special election outcome Monday night. https://t.co/vACjGoMogj — The Associated Press (@AP) April 14, 2026 Voters didn’t give the Liberals this outcome at the ballot box, yet they ended up with it anyway through a mix of well-timed defections and byelection votes.

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