BREAKING: Jody Wilson-Raybould says she's been removed from Liberal caucus
She said that she has been informed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she is no longer in the caucus and has been dropped as the candidate for Vancouver Granville, B.C.This decision comes nearly two months after the SNC-Lavalin scandal first broke, and on the same day that Wilson-Raybould issued a letter to her frustrated caucus colleagues saying that she wanted them to consider “what kind of party you want to be a part of.
“I know many of you are angry, hurt, and frustrated. And frankly so am I, and I can only speak for myself. I am angry, hurt, and frustrated because I feel and believe I was upholding the values that we all committed to.
“If indeed our caucus is to be a microcosm of the country it is about whether we are a caucus of inclusion or exclusion; of dialogue and searching for understanding or shutting out challenging views and perspectives; and ultimately of the old ways of doing business, or new ones that look to the future,” she wrote.
Wilson-Raybould has alleged that she faced high-level "veiled threats" and attempted political interference in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin from nearly a dozen senior government officials, have dominated the political agenda in Ottawa since they were first reported in February. CTV News has previously reported that during the regularly-scheduled Wednesday caucus meeting, some Liberal MPs were expected to get up and call for Wilson-Raybould's removal. Though, it is possible that with these various smaller caucus conversations happening already, and this evening's special meeting, these inner-caucus tensions around both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott's future in the Liberal caucus could be decided sooner rather than later.
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