OTTAWA — Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux says he will resign his seat in the House of Commons after days of intense speculation that he would cross the floor to the governing Liberals.

In a letter obtained by National Post, the Edmonton Riverbend MP said he informed Conservative Party Whip Chris Warkentin on Thursday of his intention to resign from Parliament at an unspecified date.

“It was not an easy decision, but it is, I believe, the right one,” he wrote. He does not specify why he is suddenly resigning from Parliament after first being elected in 2015.

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Jeneroux’s letter barely makes mention of party leader Pierre Poilievre but notes his admiration “for the many remarkable individuals” on “both sides of the aisle” of

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