New elected MPs take part in an orientation session in the House of Commons Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 21, 2025. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images
Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder says Liberals used several different tactics to try to get her to cross the floor to join the governing caucus, which she rejected, saying she will respect the will of the voters who elected her as a Tory.
DeRidder, the MP for Kitchener Centre, released a video on April 27 in which she spoke about the Liberals’ attempts to persuade her to switch parties.
