I don't have a real issue with floor-crossing, since it's true to the principle that you're supposed to vote for the principle, not the party.

But it's pretty tough to deny that that's simply not the way most people vote.

Yeah here down south it's become a right wing tactic to run as a progressive then switch to fascism. It's really bad for democracy to permit, though the alternative is to encourage people to just stay in their party but not vote like it

It's less "pick", and more "always vote mindlessly for the candidate presented", if you're thinking of Battle River-Crowfoot. And they complained bitterly about the old guy being forced out.

Poilievre is a product of Ontario politics, otherwise.