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Matt Jeneroux has delivered a profound betrayal to the people of Edmonton Riverbend who elected him as a Conservative member of parliament. He switched his allegiance to the Liberal caucus under Prime Minister Mark Carney just months after announcing he would resign for family reasons. This sudden party switch has left voters feeling personally deceived and outraged. Many openly state that he lied to them about his intentions and trampled on the democratic mandate they gave him in the last election. Constituents who volunteered on his campaigns and supported him through multiple victories now describe the move as unconscionable and a complete rejection of democracy. One longtime volunteer declared she is very disappointed because he was very much a Conservative, and that it is wrong for an elected official to change parties in the middle of a mandate.
Across social media platforms and in local discussions, the backlash has been relentless and deeply personal. Ordinary Canadians bombard Jeneroux with accusations of treachery and self-interest. Users have labeled him a traitor, a liar, a hypocrite, and a turncoat with no integrity who cannot even look his own constituents in the face after first promising to step down and then instead crossing to the Liberals. Some of the nastiest comments describe him as someone who laughs, spits in the faces of voters, and defects for more money, or who has sold his soul to globalist interests. Others call him a coward who blocks anyone questioning his actions, and a complete opportunist who betrayed his community and destroyed decades-long relationships for personal gain. Remarks such as "another liar joins team fraud" and "love a traitor don't you" echo across countless posts and replies.
Clear signs that Jeneroux was never a genuine Conservative in the first place emerge from his longtime chumminess with New Democratic Party figures, particularly MP Gord Johns. He has collaborated closely with Johns for years on mental health initiatives. The pair co-hosted Fathers Day on the Hill events that directly spawned the Hi Dad Foundation. Johns has publicly referred to Jeneroux as his friend and colleague while praising their joint work advancing men's mental health and planning a national summit together. The New Democratic Party has repeatedly propped up Liberal minority governments through confidence and supply deals, keeping Justin Trudeau and now Mark Carney in power despite Conservative opposition. Here we see Jeneroux as good buddies with those very enablers before hightailing it out the Conservative door to join the Liberals himself. This pattern of cozy cross-party alliances on the left raises legitimate doubts about where his true loyalties have always lain and whether Conservative voters in Alberta were ever truly represented by him.
Anytime a politician like Jeneroux involves himself in founding and promoting a charity that collects public donations, the entire operation must be questioned rigorously, no matter how noble the stated cause of men's mental health appears on the surface. The Hi Dad Foundation, which he launched as a direct result of those cross-party events with New Democratic and Liberal MPs, has drawn online speculation about potential future funding flows or even past use as a vehicle for resources. While no large public figures are disclosed, the broader principle remains that sitting members of parliament should face intense scrutiny over any such entities they control, especially when they suddenly defect to the governing party and could gain access to new streams of support or influence. Voters and taxpayers have every right to demand complete transparency into where even small amounts of money come from and go, because history shows these setups too often invite conflicts of interest or improper arrangements that benefit the politician personally.
In the end, Matt Jeneroux stands exposed as a self-serving operator who has abandoned every promise he made to his riding and his former party, leaving behind a wave of justified public fury and demands that he resign immediately to trigger a by-election. The shaming he is receiving from constituents, social media users, and Conservative voices across the country is thoroughly deserved because his actions reveal a man who prioritizes personal ambition and backroom alignments over the trust placed in him by hard-working Albertans who expected real opposition to Liberal policies, not this craven flip to join them. He has earned every harsh word and every call for accountability that now follows him, and the damage to his reputation may prove permanent in a province that values loyalty and straight talk above all.
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