Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott are seemingly alone in history for sticking to their beliefs and getting punished for it
Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott’s expulsion from caucus may be virtually without precedent in Canadian political history, suggests a review of Library of Parliament records.
“There’s been resignations on disagreements to government policy, there’s been resignations relating to scandal,” said Chris Cochrane, a University of Toronto politics professor. “There’s never been two resignations in recent memory of people resigning on principle … together.” What makes Wilson-Raybould and Philpott’s ejections from caucus so shocking is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had campaigned on a government that deviated from the old Liberal brand, Cochrane said.
“In the past, one of the things — and there are exceptions to this — that would have characterized the cabinet appointment would have been, at a minimum, vetting for pretty severe levels of loyalty to the party,” he said. “In this case, that wasn’t something the prime minister prioritized when he put his cabinet together.”
“If you just look at the facts, it would appear there is a disconnect between the aspiration of having a feminist government and then the fact that three years later, two high-profile, prominent women are removed from caucus,” Collenette said.
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