B.C. NDP MP Gord Johns says he’s “very confident” none of the seven New Democrats in the House of Commons will cross the floor to the Liberals — even as he admits he’s regularly approached by the Liberals.

“Oh, that’s an everyday conversation they have with me, and it’s a flat no and they know. That’s been going on for years,” Johns told CBC's , in an interview airing Sunday morning, when asked if the Liberals have tried to recruit him.

What was once an unusual question has become par for the course on Parliament Hill this week after two dramatic departures from the Conservative Party. On Wednesday, Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont quit the Tory caucus to join the Liberals, blaming Pierre Poilievre’s "negative" leadership.

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