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Originally Posted by peter12
Because that is not they way our system is supposed to work. Responsible government, represents an entrustment of democratic power to a reprensentative in Parliament, they are only accountable through the conventions of Parliament and Canadian culture while sitting in the House.
Seriously, I wouldn't be averse to a by-election or an MP being forced to sit as an Independent after crossing. It's just sort of silly, regardless of whether an MP moves to another party or sits as an Independent they are still changing the mandate the voters gave them.
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It's not the same sitting as an indepedent as it is moving across the idological specrum. That is the difference.