Canada’s Carney on cusp of majority rule after another defection to his Liberals

A Canadian Conservative opposition lawmaker defected from his party and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals on Thursday, a move that leaves the Liberal Party just short of a simple majority of the seats in Parliament.
Michael Ma, who represents Markham–Unionville, is the second Canadian Conservative opposition lawmaker to join Carney’s Liberals in just over a month.
Hong Kong-born Ma said he entered politics “to focus on solutions, not division”.
“I have concluded that Prime…