Jody Wilson-Raybould is gone. And she left in a huff. Susan Delacourt writes:
Maybe there have been other politicians who turned a cabinet demotion into a three-month-long crisis for their governments, though none spring to mind. Perhaps there are other ministers who have spent days warning their bosses not to move them out of their jobs.
But no one in Canada, until Wilson-Raybould, appears to have done this so publicly and with such bridge-burning tenacity — up to and including Tuesday’s fiery warning to fellow Liberals against ejecting her from caucus.
None of the warnings worked. In the space of three months, Wilson-Raybould has become the former justice minister, the former veterans affairs minister, and as of Tuesday night, a former Liberal MP and no-longer candidate for Vancouver Granville in the next election.
The final straw was the recording of her phone conversation with the Clerk of the Privy Council. It's one thing to record someone with his or her knowledge. It's something else to do it surreptitiously. Until the end, Wilson-Raybould did not see this as a reason to eject her from caucus. Her fellow caucus members felt differently.
Wilson Raybould did not leave quietly. And, in the weeks to come, she will not be quiet. How this will all play out remains to be seen.
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