Liberal MP Breaks Ranks, Sides With Tory Motion on Carbon Tax

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

A Liberal MP broke ranks with his party to vote in favour of a Conservative motion to scrap the federal government’s carbon tax on Oct. 4.

The vote received 119 “yeas” and 209 “nays,” with the Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Quebecois, and Greens voting against it. Newfoundland and Labrador MP Ken McDonald was the lone Liberal MP who stood in the House of Commons to vote in favour of the motion, earning him the applause of Conservative MPs.