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Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:00AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:46PM EST

TORONTO -- Federal New Democrats were stunned Tuesday when one of their most well-liked and respected caucus members announced he's quitting to join Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberal team.

Sudbury MP Glen Thibeault's surprise defection capped what's been a dispiriting couple of years for Tom Mulcair's New Democrats, whose claim to be the government-in-waiting has been usurped by Justin Trudeau's revived Liberal party.

In a statement announcing his intention to run for the provincial Liberals in a soon-to-be-called byelection, Thibeault stressed his belief that he can do more for his constituents as a member of the province's governing party.

He didn't mention the NDP but the implication seemed clear: Thibeault doesn't believe the New Democrats are likely to form the government after next year's federal election.

"It has been an honour and a privilege to serve my community for the past six years at the federal level but my time at the federal level has come to an end," Thibeault said.

"I am excited by the opportunity to continue that representation in a new, exciting way. I believe I can make an even greater difference for the constituents of Sudbury as a member of this Ontario Liberal government."

Late on Tuesday, Thibeault told the CBC's Power and Politics that it was no secret among those who know him that he hasn't "been seeing eye to eye on a lot of the things that have been happening at the federal level and with the NDP."

Thibeault said he told Mulcair on Sunday that he was considering some options, but didn't get a chance to tell him of his decision to jump to the Ontario Liberals before the news became public Tuesday morning, at which point he sent Mulcair an email informing him of his move.

Until recently, Thibeault was chair of the NDP caucus, an elected position that reflected his popularity among his fellow New Democrat MPs. He stepped down two weeks ago, citing the need to spend more time with his young children.

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Does one-party rule exist in Connecticut? Some, including Democrat state Sen. Beth Bye of West Hartford, say it does not. As someone who has witnessed the results of Democrat majority rule over the past four years, I respectfully disagree.

With the Democrats controlling the General Assembly and the governor's seat, we have seen one-sided policy decisions pushed into law and Republican alternatives pushed aside. As a result, Connecticut has not only been led down a path that heads straight toward "permanent fiscal crisis" in the words of the governor's budget director our state has also lost sight of many valid policy solutions.

It is true that about 80 percent of the time, Republicans and Democrats vote similarly on bills that make it to the floor of the Senate. This number is accurate, but it is also misleading. Here's why:

This percentage omits the hundreds of Republican proposals that Democrats never call for a vote to avoid taking a stand on difficult issues.

This percentage doesn't tell us how many Republican bills are killed while in the committee stage of the legislative review process.

This percentage does not include the 259 Republican amendments that have been rejected by the majority at a rate of 99 percent over the past four years.

This percentage also fails to acknowledge what happens when a Republican idea does manage to garner Democrat support it gets taken over by Democrats who slap their own names on what was once a Republican amendment.

In the current system, the bills that make it to the floor of the Senate are usually bills that are sensible updates to the law, so we vote similarly most of the time. The ideas that differ vastly from the majority are the ones that never make it that far.

The high percentage of on-the-floor agreements also fails to shed light on the stark differences in policy between Republicans and Democrats represented by the remaining 20 percent. What does that 20 percent include?

Republican votes against the Democratic majority when the governor wanted to implement the largest tax increase in state history.

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Fiona Evans, Leader of Yearsley Pool Action Group, Sir Malcolm Bruce MP, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Councillor Keith Aspden, Leader of York Liberal Democrats and members of Yearlsey Pool Action Group meet at Yearsley Pool

A SENIOR Liberal Democrat MP has added his voice to calls to protect Yearsley Pool, on a visit to the city.

Sir Malcolm Bruce is the party's deputy leader and MP for Gordon, in North East Scotland, and was in York on Friday.

He met some of the action group fighting to secure the future of the hundred year old pool.

Sir Malcolm said: "I can see you have a very committed action group here, who have been working for a long time to secure its future. This is a beautiful pool, and I hear it is in very good nick, and building a modern equivalent would cost around 30 million."

He also spoke of the potential to increase revenues at the pool by using some of the vacant development land around the site, owned by Nestle, to create other facilities like a gym, saying that as the holders of the Rowntree's impressive legacy in York the company would want to help preserve the pool.

He added: "I would hope that all the parties would work together."

The party's group leader on City of York Council Keith Aspden said that while they were not arguing for the whole 250,000 annual subsidy to be reinstated, they wanted to find other ways of cutting running costs, or increasing revenue, so the pool could continue.

On Thursday night, action group leader Fiona Evans presented a petition to the city council with more than 6500 signatures pleading with the council not to slash its entire 250,000 support for the pool.

She said the public who support their campaign "grasped not only the historical significance of Yearsley Pool and its benefits to sport and community fitness, but also the vital role this large pool plays in safeguarding the water safety of our children, especially in a city with two rivers.

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