Brampton Tory MP Says He Rejected Liberal Offer to Cross Floor

Another Conservative MP says he has “firmly” rejected an offer to join the Liberals after being approached by the party.

“I will always honour the trust my constituents of Brampton West have placed in me,” Tory MP Amarjeet Gill announced in a Jan. 13 social media post. “I was elected to be their strong voice in Ottawa, and I remain fully committed to representing their values and priorities.”

Gill, who became an MP in April 2025, said he is “proud to stand” with leader Pierre Poilievre and continue representing the priorities of his constituents.

“I will continue to fight for safer streets and neighbourhoods, jobs, affordable housing, secure borders, and stronger pay in a sovereign Canada,” he added.

Several MPs have publicly rejected requests to cross the floor and join the Liberal Party in recent days, including B.C. Conservative MP Scott Anderson, who said on Jan. 5 it would be a “betrayal” of his constituents if he were to do so.

Anderson, who was also elected as an MP last April, said the Liberal Party is “pulling out all the stops” to bring Conservative MPs over to their party in hopes of obtaining a majority government.

NDP MP Lori Idlout also announced on Jan. 8 that she would not be crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party after being asked to do so by party members and some of her constituents. 

Interim NDP Leader Don Davies said in a statement that it was “no secret” that Liberals are approaching MPs from other parties in a bid to form a majority government, but added that his caucus “stands united.” 

The Liberal Party is currently two seats shy of a 172-seat majority government. Two Conservative MPs crossed the floor in recent months to join their ranks, which had previously boosted the party’s seat count from 169 to 171. However, former Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland announced last week that she would step down as an MP on Jan. 9, dropping the Liberal seat count to 170. Freeland had also resigned as Carney’s special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine after being named an economic development adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont announced he was leaving the Conservatives to join the Liberal Party on Nov. 4, 2025, while Toronto-area MP Michael Ma announced the same on Dec. 11. Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announced on Nov. 6 that he planned to resign this spring, and since that announcement he has not voted with the Tories on several pieces of legislation in the House of Commons. 

Following Freeland’s resignation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will announce the date of a byelection in her former Toronto riding of University-Rosedale. He also said on Jan. 6 that there would be a “few” byelections coming up, but did not elaborate.

Meanwhile, the Conservative Party is preparing to meet in Calgary from Jan. 29 to 31 for its first convention since the party lost the April 2025 federal election. Party members will vote at the convention on whether Poilievre should remain on as leader.