Juno News - November 07, 2025


Should Chris d'Entremont be FORCED TO RESIGN？ We asked young Canadians!


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9 minutes

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173.84424

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1,721

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91

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

On Tuesday, Conservative MP Chris D'Entremont left his seat in Nova Scotia and joined the Liberal Party of Canada. Some have called for a by-election, others have criticized him for betraying his supporters, and others have suggested he should pay back the money that was spent on his campaign. We spoke to students at the University of Toronto to ask them their thoughts on the matter.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 This is Clayton DeMaine with True North in Toronto.
00:00:02.560 We're in front of the University of Toronto here
00:00:04.740 trying to speak to students about what they think
00:00:07.040 about four crossers in the House of Commons.
00:00:09.460 On Tuesday, Chris D'Entremont gave his resignation
00:00:12.260 and joined the Liberal Party of Canada.
00:00:15.820 And people online had a lot to say,
00:00:18.280 saying that this should trigger a by-election.
00:00:21.380 And, you know, we had Conservatives and their supporters
00:00:24.520 lashing out at D'Entremont, saying he's a coward,
00:00:28.440 he betrayed his constituents, his voters and his donors
00:00:33.420 who funded money to have him fight against the Liberals.
00:00:38.420 Now he's joining them.
00:00:39.600 So we just want to see what people think.
00:00:42.060 Should there be an election, a by-election,
00:00:44.780 when a floor cross happens in the House of Commons?
00:00:48.060 Let's see what people have to say.
00:00:58.440 How would you feel if you voted for an MP as part of a party
00:01:03.800 and then they joined the opposite party
00:01:05.780 after you supported them in an election?
00:01:08.040 Good question.
00:01:08.840 Given the recent developments, yeah, it's a tricky subject
00:01:13.380 because obviously the constituents voted for someone
00:01:16.800 to represent them with a certain party platform.
00:01:20.220 But now there's an about face
00:01:22.920 and this person has decided to cross the floor.
00:01:26.100 I'm not, I wouldn't say I'm a particularly good person to ask
00:01:31.000 when it comes to politics.
00:01:32.120 I'm not following it strictly.
00:01:35.360 However, it's problematic in some cases, of course,
00:01:39.980 because now we've got a commentary about the leader of the opposition
00:01:43.660 and their leadership style.
00:01:46.320 And so that may not be in line with the individual
00:01:49.940 or the constituents that voted for the individual
00:01:51.820 who crossed the floor.
00:01:53.040 Yeah, and a lot of people are upset saying there should be a by-election
00:01:57.780 if someone, you know, they're voted under the pretense
00:02:00.920 that they're going to fight the government,
00:02:02.100 they join the government.
00:02:03.400 Also, the issue of voters, right?
00:02:05.620 There's like nearly $18,000 was donated to Chris Dantremont,
00:02:12.120 that's the Nova Scotia MP we're talking about.
00:02:15.660 Do you think that, do you agree with those people
00:02:17.460 that there should be a by-election in that case
00:02:19.180 if someone joins the opposing party?
00:02:22.280 Yeah, I think that's fair
00:02:23.340 because it's a fundamental change in the circumstances.
00:02:27.500 If I voted to choose to,
00:02:31.620 let's talk about something very benign,
00:02:34.280 like going to dinner.
00:02:35.940 If me and my party decide that we want to go to one place
00:02:39.900 and all of a sudden it stops serving what we're expecting,
00:02:42.840 then we're likely going to want to regroup
00:02:44.700 and make another decision.
00:02:46.320 What do you think about someone who you voted for
00:02:49.420 switching to another party in your riding?
00:02:52.120 I'd be really mad.
00:02:53.280 I do think there should be a re-election again.
00:02:57.280 I think he should be like pulled away from the election,
00:03:00.740 like he should like drop out completely
00:03:02.740 because I think there should be a rule
00:03:05.040 that there can't be any switching to another party.
00:03:09.060 So a lot of people are upset
00:03:10.320 because a conservative swapped over to the liberals.
00:03:13.540 They're saying that a lot of people donated
00:03:15.340 like thousands of dollars to get this guy in
00:03:17.840 specifically to fight the liberals.
00:03:19.980 Yeah, like do you, like, what are your thoughts on that?
00:03:24.700 Has that happened or?
00:03:25.880 Yeah, so Chris Dantremont, this was actually Tuesday.
00:03:29.460 He, right as the budget...
00:03:31.960 The other party shouldn't trust him
00:03:33.180 because he might just jump ship again.
00:03:34.940 A lot of people say that he should be accountable
00:03:36.620 for his voters, you know, maybe pay back that money that...
00:03:40.860 Oh yeah, pay back that money would be like
00:03:42.680 the manly thing to do, yeah.
00:03:44.100 He's voted in to fight the liberals.
00:03:46.000 He's now joined the liberal government.
00:03:47.740 Do you guys have any thoughts?
00:03:49.280 I don't really know.
00:03:50.260 I feel like maybe people's opinions change over time
00:03:52.960 and I don't think they should be like having reciprocation.
00:03:58.020 Just three weeks ago, he was saying
00:03:59.880 the liberal government's budget is going to, you know,
00:04:02.800 make all the youth for generations pay this massive debt.
00:04:07.360 He was saying, like, the liberal government's...
00:04:09.820 You know, so, like, it's a matter of changing his opinion
00:04:11.680 within a few weeks.
00:04:12.860 Yeah, I guess it's a little iffy
00:04:14.040 because he can't be...
00:04:16.000 Maybe some people might think he's faking it
00:04:18.220 just to get, like, more views,
00:04:22.180 more, like, popularity, right,
00:04:23.960 to spike those interests.
00:04:25.300 Yeah.
00:04:25.560 So, do you, like, what kind of accountability, if any,
00:04:28.720 do you think that he should have?
00:04:31.020 I think he should maybe donate back,
00:04:34.240 give the money back to the people who donated to him
00:04:37.140 because that's unfair.
00:04:38.940 It's...
00:04:39.460 Yeah, definitely take more responsibility for his actions
00:04:42.620 and not just letting it fly by his head, you know,
00:04:45.560 because, like, that's true, like,
00:04:46.600 who you're trying to have as whoever, right?
00:04:48.320 And, like, you want this person to be a leader
00:04:49.900 and not have somebody be completely irresponsible with it.
00:04:52.540 One thing that was coming up is that
00:04:54.340 he has a voting record of being very pro-life
00:04:57.080 and the Liberal Party has always had a...
00:04:59.880 If you're, you know, anti-abortion,
00:05:03.580 then you shouldn't...
00:05:04.360 Then you don't have a home in the Liberal Party.
00:05:06.580 He's now there.
00:05:08.600 Do you have any thoughts on that?
00:05:10.560 I mean, that's a tough one, to be honest,
00:05:12.160 because the Liberal point of view is, like,
00:05:14.180 you know, pro-life, right?
00:05:16.000 Pro-choice.
00:05:16.920 Yeah, pro-choice.
00:05:17.620 But in terms of varying opinions
00:05:20.180 or differing opinions,
00:05:21.160 that's also another, like, point
00:05:23.420 that the Liberals kind of, you know,
00:05:24.620 like, make a focus on.
00:05:26.980 So it's kind of like we're in between,
00:05:29.700 like, you know, like, both sides of it.
00:05:31.100 Yeah, I think there should be an election, 100%.
00:05:32.580 I think it's a conflict of interest.
00:05:33.860 Do you think that, like,
00:05:34.680 if someone was voted in under the pretense
00:05:37.340 that they would be in one party
00:05:38.440 and they switched to another,
00:05:39.600 that there should be a by-election?
00:05:41.920 Yeah, I think so,
00:05:43.140 because I feel like the people who voted
00:05:44.440 might feel somewhat betrayed
00:05:46.160 if they did, like, switch parties, per se.
00:05:48.720 So, yeah, I would think so.
00:05:49.940 Do you have thoughts?
00:05:50.580 It makes sense that they'd be upset.
00:05:52.820 Like, I mean, like, they voted for that person.
00:05:54.080 They trusted them.
00:05:54.820 They felt, like, you know, what they thought.
00:05:57.220 Do you think that people would be so upset
00:06:00.380 if it was an independent,
00:06:01.380 like, they just became an independent
00:06:02.820 and not joined the, you know,
00:06:05.220 the government or the opposition
00:06:06.340 if they voted for the Liberals?
00:06:08.800 I'd say, like, independent is much better
00:06:10.140 than switching the whole other way.
00:06:12.280 Like, if you are in north and then going south,
00:06:14.660 then independent, like,
00:06:15.580 probably you will have more your independent view
00:06:19.000 than you are going with a party,
00:06:21.580 either it's right or left.
00:06:23.040 You are switching that.
00:06:24.200 That means you are going
00:06:24.980 in a totally opposite direction.
00:06:26.320 Independent might have more viewer,
00:06:28.460 like, you have more view
00:06:29.500 from the independent perspective.
00:06:30.800 You can talk about more things
00:06:32.440 that might not be your particularly party
00:06:35.040 is talking about
00:06:35.780 or party's motto
00:06:36.460 or something like that.
00:06:37.500 How would you feel
00:06:38.660 if you voted for a candidate
00:06:40.780 and they swapped the floor
00:06:42.880 and joined another party,
00:06:44.420 like the opposition, for example,
00:06:46.480 or the government?
00:06:47.700 Yeah, I guess that would be pretty frustrating.
00:06:51.860 Hasn't happened to me, luckily,
00:06:53.600 but I think I know what you're talking about,
00:06:56.300 the Nova Scotia MP, right?
00:06:59.720 Yeah, I think that would make me frustrated.
00:07:02.140 Yeah, so a lot of people online,
00:07:05.080 you know, on the conservative side of things
00:07:06.980 are calling for there should be a by-election
00:07:09.080 if something like this happens.
00:07:12.120 What are your thoughts on that?
00:07:14.000 Yeah, maybe, like, a vote of confidence, right?
00:07:20.640 No, I don't think that
00:07:22.160 that would be the right thing to do.
00:07:24.640 People voted for him,
00:07:26.740 the person, you know,
00:07:28.040 not the party, right?
00:07:30.720 So, no, no by-election.
00:07:32.820 Okay, do you think people would be as upset
00:07:34.840 if he just became, like,
00:07:35.900 an independent, for example?
00:07:37.720 No, I don't think that
00:07:38.900 they would be as upset.
00:07:40.040 Honestly, I think that
00:07:40.900 that would be probably a better move,
00:07:43.040 but, you know,
00:07:44.420 that was his decision.
00:07:46.000 He made it, so.
00:07:47.440 So you think that people, like,
00:07:49.400 are generally voting for their MP
00:07:51.140 and it has nothing to do
00:07:52.700 with the party or the leader?
00:07:54.820 I think that they should be voting
00:07:56.480 for their MP,
00:07:57.180 but maybe they are voting
00:07:59.420 for the party.
00:08:00.500 A lot of people are bringing up
00:08:01.760 the fact that Chris D'Entremont,
00:08:03.740 the Nova Scotia MP,
00:08:05.500 has a history of voting pro-life
00:08:07.600 on a lot of issues
00:08:08.680 and the Liberal Party
00:08:09.580 is a long tradition of
00:08:10.620 no tolerance for...
00:08:13.040 Yeah.
00:08:13.760 Why do you think the Liberal Party
00:08:15.300 would do this?
00:08:17.080 Do you have any thoughts on that?
00:08:18.300 Like, why would they accept him?
00:08:19.680 Yeah.
00:08:20.060 That's a good question.
00:08:21.360 I don't know.
00:08:22.000 They need the votes.
00:08:23.220 They're a minority, right?
00:08:24.320 They want everybody they can get.
00:08:25.560 Do you think that there should be
00:08:27.580 some, like, standard
00:08:29.000 that is held to
00:08:30.440 or whatever gets the votes?
00:08:34.700 That's, I guess the standard
00:08:36.520 is the party membership, right?
00:08:39.920 That's, there probably should be a standard.
00:08:43.980 They should probably hold some town halls
00:08:45.560 and see, you know,
00:08:46.480 if a by-election, you know,
00:08:47.780 is the preferred option
00:08:49.080 for those folks.
00:08:50.340 So we spoke to a few people.
00:08:52.940 We had a lot of people say
00:08:54.640 that they would generally just be upset
00:08:56.520 if they did vote for a candidate
00:08:58.380 and they swapped floors,
00:09:00.400 especially if you're talking about
00:09:01.980 parties that are so opposed to each other,
00:09:03.880 like the Liberals and the Conservatives.
00:09:05.660 Many people said that
00:09:06.760 there should be a by-election.
00:09:09.060 But we also got people
00:09:10.560 who were likely more friendly
00:09:14.360 to the Liberal cause
00:09:16.160 and saying that this is, like,
00:09:17.520 a good thing there could be a review.
00:09:20.520 There should be town hall meetings
00:09:22.200 where people find that out.
00:09:25.220 But in general,
00:09:26.740 a lot of people who did speak with us
00:09:28.880 said there was something
00:09:31.420 a little upsetting
00:09:33.020 about the prospect
00:09:34.500 of someone donating all this money
00:09:36.220 and then having their money
00:09:38.760 and their vote
00:09:39.420 just go straight to the party
00:09:42.460 they specifically did not want
00:09:44.000 to win or be in power.
00:09:46.120 That's what people in Toronto
00:09:47.200 had to say.
00:09:48.240 This is Clayton DeMaine
00:09:49.560 reporting at the University
00:09:52.080 of Toronto for True North.