Medias
In the Media
Politico – Mickey Djuric
Carney secured a majority in Parliament. Conservatives say voters were betrayed.
April 17, 2026
Extract : « Carney’s governing Liberals secured a majority in an unprecedented way — not by holding a general election, but rather by combining a steady drip of Conservative lawmaker defections with a sweep of three special elections on Monday night. »
Radio-Canada OHdio – Pénélope
« Les transfuges politiques » with Mireille Lalancette and Françoise Boivin
April 16, 2026 – 30 min
CBC – News
What do recent floor-crossings say about party loyalty? | Hanomansing Tonight
April 8, 2026 – 5.57 min
Extract : « Following Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party on Wednesday, Alex Marland, the co-author of No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics, debates the pros and cons of party switching and whether it should be allowed. »
CBC Listen – Edmonton AM
Why are Canadian politicians so loyal to their parties?
December 5, 2025 – 7 min
Extract: “A new book explores the forces that shape party loyalty in federal and provincial politics in Canada. Jared Wesley is a political science professor at the University of Alberta. Alex Marland is a political science professor at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. Both of them along with Mireille Lalancette authored the book No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics.”
The Walrus | Canada’s Conversation
Political Defectors Face Mistrust, Hostility, Sexism, and Worse. Why Do They Do It? Parties go to great lengths to make a deserter’s life miserable by Alex Marland, Jared J. Wesley, Mireille Lalancette
December 1, 2025
Extract: “n the 2015 Alberta election, Sandra Jansen was one of just nine Progressive Conservative candidates elected and the only woman in that caucus. She subsequently withdrew from seeking the party leadership and crossed the floor to the arch-rival New Democrats after an inspiring conversation with Rachel Notley.”
CBC – Power & Politics
Should floor-crossers sit as Independents first?
November 21, 2025 – 9.28 min
Extract: « Alex Marland, co-author of No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics, joins Power & Politics for a conversation on party loyalty, message discipline and the ethics of floor-crossing. »
Podcast interview: Dr Jared J. Wesley (University of Alberta)
“Podcast: UCP’s recall plans come back to bite them”
November 19, 2025
Extract: “A number of government MLAs are now being targeted with voter recall campaigns.”
Policy Options (IRPP)
How to tamp down hyperpartisanship in Canadian politics – by Alex Marland, Jared J. Wesley, and Mireille Lalancette
November 14, 2025
Extract: “A stronger Parliament requires empowering backbenchers, reducing political staff influence and creating real opportunities for independents to be elected and contribute meaningfully.”
The Tyee – Analysis
Party Discipline Is Undermining Canadian Democracy with Jared Wesley, Alex Marland and Mireille Lalancette
November 13, 2025
Extract: “Jared Wesley is a political science professor at the University of Alberta. Alex Marland is a political science professor at Acadia University. Mireille Lalancette is a communications professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. This piece was originally published by the Conversation.”
The Conversation
Team work and power plays: What Alberta’s Bill 2 says about Canadian democracy – by Jared J. Wesley, Alex Marland, and Mireille Lalancette
November 12, 2025
Extract: “For Canadians elsewhere, Bill 2 is a window into how hyper-partisanship and polarization can weaken the checks and balances meant to restrain premiers and prime ministers from acting unilaterally.”
Paul Wells – The Q&A (Substack)
« If you are not getting along with your leader, you’re going to want to leave your party »
October 28, 2025
Extract : « There are a thousand ways to be a political scientist, but Alex Marland, who’s the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Acadia University, has made a career studying the practical considerations that inform the daily practice of modern elected politics in Canada: branding, message control, party discipline. »
By Christina Leadlay – The Hill Times
“This just in: Alex Marland to release new book this fall, No I in Team: Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics, and it looks like another good one”
July 28, 2025
Extract: “It’s packed with new research and insights from across the country. We strive to answer a perplexing question: why are Canadian politicians so loyal to their parties?”