Poll: Raybould gets boot
Castanet - Apr 2, 2019 / 6:40 pm | Story: 253072
Photo: The Canadian Press
Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have both been kicked out of the Liberal caucus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, moments after their fellow government MPs had gathered on Parliament Hill for an emergency meeting to determine their future with the party.
Wilson-Raybould, whose explosive allegations of political interference by the Prime Minister's Office appear to have deeply imperilled Liberal hopes of holding on to power in this fall's federal election, wrote to her fellow — now former — caucus members earlier in the day in hopes of convincing them to let her stay.
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