Politics Insider for April 2: Liberal Party showdown, Wilson-Raybould justifies her tape recorder, and a political fight that's not about SNC-Lavalin for a change
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Wilson-Raybould’s release of a recording she made of her conversation with soon-to-be-former Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick triggered a backlash among Liberal MPs, with several coming forth to say both women should be ejected from the Liberal caucus. Some Liberals, including MP Rob Oliphant, don’t even want to wait till Wednesday, and are calling for an early emergency meeting to boot Wilson-Raybould and Philpott out of the Liberal Party.
The former justice minister also addressed criticism she’s faced from other Liberals over her secret recording of Wernick: “I’ve heard some caucus members make comments. The conversation I had with the Clerk, he’s not a member of the Liberal caucus, he’s not my client by his own admission. I know that that was an extraordinary situation and of course I have reflected on it many times and still do. … It was a reasonable and rational thing to do in an unreasonable and irrational situation.
As Poilievre droned on about the finer points of Hong Kong’s criminal justice system Monday, only six Liberal MPs stayed around to listen. One of them happened to be Wilson-Raybould herself.
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