Supporters of Jody Wilson-Raybould in her Vancouver Granville riding say they're disappointed she was ejected from the Liberal caucus but they would back her in the federal election if she ran as an Independent.
Tracy Beshara, executive director of Marpole Oakridge Family Place in south Vancouver, said she has met Wilson-Raybould and she is a woman of "integrity and quality."
Trudeau's government has been tormented for weeks by allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured Wilson-Raybould, the former attorney general, to intervene in the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. Last week, a fresh uproar erupted over a key phone call with former top bureaucrat Michael Wernick, which Wilson-Raybould secretly recorded.
Walter Wells of the community group Vancouver Odd Fellows, which is based just around the corner from Wilson-Raybould's constituency office, said Tuesday afternoon he was sitting at his desk, looking at the news, and felt simply "astounded." Wells lives outside the riding, but said he still intends to volunteer for Wilson-Raybould's campaign, should she run as an Independent or for a different party. He also said he'll vote against the Liberals in the next election.
"She is not engaging in typical politics. She's trying to do the right thing and she's being punished for it and it disgusts me." Rev. Steven Epperson of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver said the decision to oust Wilson-Raybould was "unfortunate."
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