Ottawa reacts to Eve Adams’s floor-crossing

Cormac MacSweeney reports from Parliament Hill on a shocking defection

<p>Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (R) and Member of Parliament Eve Adams take part in a news conference in Ottawa February 9, 2015. Canadian Member of Parliament Eve Adams said on Monday she will leave the Conservative government to join the opposition Liberal Party, in a fresh blow to Prime Minister Stephen Harper ahead of an election scheduled for October. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)</p>

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The surprises keep coming from Ottawa, as MP Eve Adams crosses the floor from the governing Conservative Party to join Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Parliament Hill reporter Cormac MacSweeney gathers the response to the move in the video below.

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