Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont is out of the the Conservative caucus, a party spokesperson told CBC News.
The spokesperson said d’Entremont resigned.
The longtime Conservative, who served in provincial politics before being elected to the House of Commons in 2019, told Politico earlier Tuesday he was considering crossing the floor and would make a decision on his future “in the next few days” after reviewing the federal budget, which was tabled this afternoon.
d’Entremont’s departure means the minority Liberal government potentially needs fewer opposition votes to get this budget through the House of Commons.
Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman said d’Entremont was betraying his constituents.
“Chris made a choice and I think the choice is to not fight inflation, not to fight to lower grocery prices like his constituents elected him to do,” she said in an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics shortly after the news broke.
More to come.
