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Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux announced Thursday he is resigning from the House of Commons, contrary to speculation he was preparing to defect to the Liberals.
Rumours had swirled all week that the Alberta MP was considering crossing the floor, and Conservative sources had said he was under pressure to stay from some in the part y. A senior Liberal source confirmed Jeneroux met with Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this week.
But Jeneroux says coercion played no role in his decision to leave federal politics.
"I want to be clear that there was no coercion involved in my decision to resign. I consider my colleagues in the Conservative Party very close friends, and I will miss them dearly," he said in a statement.
Jeneroux's resignatio n is the second departur
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