OTTAWAâLiberal MPs are pushing for an emergency caucus meeting to decide the fates of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott in the party with some warning thereâs âno path backâ for the former cabinet ministers.âI think it should be dealt with sooner rather than later. I think that thereâs been a breach of caucus solidarity, thatâs thereâs actually no path back for either one of them, regrettably,â said Liberal MP John McKay (Scarborough-Guildwood).âI say that with regret,â he said Monday.Thereâs a move afoot among MPs to meet ahead of the regularly scheduled Wednesday caucus meeting to decide whether Wilson-Raybould and Philpott remain Liberal MPs.âMy hope is that caucus will meeting quickly and that caucus, I suspect, be of one mind that we donât want people in our caucus who donât have confidence in the government,â Liberal MP Rob Oliphant told CBC News.Read more:Defiant and unbowed, Wilson-Raybould âabsolutely readyâ for next salvo in SNC-Lavalin affairTrudeau wasnât briefed on conversation between Wilson-Raybould and Wernick due to holidays, lawyer saysOpinion | Susan Delacourt: Seven years after historic boxing match, Trudeau fights to stay in the ringOliphant said heâd like to find a âsolutionâ where both MPs âexpress full confidence in the prime minister, full confidence in the government.âIf they donât do that, then we act,â said Oliphant (Don Valley West).Wilson-Raybould was moved out of the justice portfolio to veteran affairs in a January cabinet shuffle and later quit cabinet altogether as the controversy around SNC-Lavalin grew.Philpott, MP for Markham-Stouffville, quit as president of the Treasury Board in early March, saying she had âserious concernsâ with what she called âevidenceâ to pressure Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver Granville) to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin file. ...
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