Philpott says Trudeau violated federal law with caucus expulsions GlobePolitics
Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jane Philpott, left, and Jody Wilson-Raybould speak to reporters before Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, a day after being removed from the Liberal caucus on Wed., April 3, 2019.Former Treasury Board Minister Jane Philpott says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated federal law when he expelled her and former Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould from caucus.
She’s referring to legislated amendments in 2015 when Conservative MP Michael Chong’s private members bill was passed into law. The legislation, which amended the Parliament of Canada Act, laid out a clear process for expelling MPs from a party caucus. “We were expelled prior to the commencement of the Liberal caucus meeting. The Prime Minister's words that night to the Liberal caucus are important to underscore because expulsion should not be his decision to take unilaterally,” Ms. Philpott told the Commons.Ms. Philpott and Ms. Wilson-Raybould were part of the new wave of Liberal recruits in the 2015 election campaign and had been held up by Mr. Trudeau as emblematic of the fresh change he would bring to running the Canadian government.
In recent weeks the Liberal majority has scuttled a House of Commons justice committee inquiry into the SNC-Lavalin affair and blocked the House ethics committee from investigating.
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