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

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 0.91

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? 0.95

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.

Juno News - November 07, 2025

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

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