BREAKING: PM says both Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been removed from Liberal caucus
Speaking to the entire national Liberal caucus, Trudeau said the trust caucus members had with them has been lost.I have just been informed by the Prime Minister of Canada that I am removed from the Liberal caucus and as the confirmed Vancouver Granville candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2019 federal election. More to come...
Her new letter hit the inboxes of the 179-member Liberal caucus around noon, just as the 77 Liberal MPs who represent Ontario ridings were gathering to discuss whether Wilson-Raybould and Philpott, a fellow former cabinet minister should be able to remain members of the Liberal team. In the letter she also spoke of the Liberals’ 2015 election commitment to do politics differently, more transparently, and by empowering MPs.
Since she testified to the allegations, Trudeau has faced calls to resign, the House of Commons has been largely usurped by opposition-prompted procedural moves, and several other high-profile officials have resigned amid insistence that nothing improper occurred.On their way into the Ontario caucus meeting, most MPs declined to comment, saying that what happens in caucus is meant to stay in caucus, and that’s where they would be sharing their views.
To a lesser extent, MPs have expressed sentiment that Philpott should also be removed after she followed Wilson-Raybould in resigning from cabinet. Philpott has said that she lost confidence in the way the government was handling the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and believes that there is more to the controversy than the government disclosed.
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