A Liberal majority government was already a foregone conclusion before the polls closed tonight and Bill Carroll from CFRA had been sitting with that feeling for days. The floor crossings drained the drama out of what was supposed to feel like something. He stayed up anyway.

What does it feel like when a government decides the opposition is optional? Carney rarely shows up for question period. The floor crossings keep coming. And now he has called this a post-political period, as if Parliament is a formality the country has agreed to move past. Bill Carroll has not agreed to that and he does not think most Canadians have either.

The moment the majority is real, the economy and inflation stop being someone else’s problem. That shift happens tonight. Bill Carroll is the one worth listening to when it does.

Topics: Liberal majority government Canada, floor crossing Parliament, Carney question period, opposition accountability, by-election results, Pierre Poilievre

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Originally aired on2026-04-13