The ex-cabinet minister says the move ran afoul of the Parliament of Canada Act.
Independent MPs Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould vote in the House of Commons on April 9, 2019.
She also asked the Speaker of the House of Commons to examine if her rights as a member of Parliament, and those of Wilson-Raybould, were breached by the nature of the expulsions.who shepherded a private member's bill into law in 2015 to give more power to MPs and less to party leaders. Philpott also said Wilson-Raybould sought clarity on the rules around expulsion from Liberal caucus chair Francis Scarpaleggia"no less than four times" before both former cabinet minister were given the boot.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an evening caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 2, 2019.she said, he would have needed at least 20 per cent of the caucus — or 36 Liberal MPs — to write to the caucus chair asking to review of both MPs' memberships.
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