Ontario Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes won't seek re-election in 2019
In a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday, the rookie MP said it was a "personal decision" based on a number of factors, and she informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 12, although her reasons arose before then.
Caesar-Chavannes said her decision is not related to the SNC Lavalin controversy, which concerns whether Trudeau and others pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help the engineering firm avoid a criminal prosecution over allegedly corrupt business dealings. Caesar-Chavannes, who is black, has also been vocal on issues of race. In May 2018, she and then-Conservative MP Maxime Bernier got into a Twitter dispute when Bernier accused Caesar-Chavannes of thinking "the world revolves around skin colour.""Unlike you however, I can focus on policy while also shifting the status quo and increasing awareness," she tweeted. "That's what happens when you .AddWomen.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Liberal MP Announces She Won't Run For Re-Election In FallShe says her decision is not related to the SNC-Lavalin controversy
Read more »
MP Sorry For Suggesting Wilson-Raybould’s Father Was ‘Pulling The Strings’Liberal MP sorry for suggesting Wilson-Raybould's father was 'pulling the strings'
Read more »
Mexico threw Canada 'under the bus,' Liberal MP tells Mexican ministerCanada and Mexico are dealing with lingering hard feelings over last summer's surprise Mexican trade deal with the United States as their new continental trade pact awaits a final stamp of political approval.
Read more »
Canadian Liberal MP tells Mexican foreign minister they threw Canada ‘under the bus’The head of a visiting delegation of Canadian parliamentarians made the comments in regard to last August when Mexico forged a bilateral trade deal with the U.S. during NAFTA renegotiations
Read more »
Mexico Threw Canada 'Under The Bus' During Trade Talks, Liberal MP SaysA side deal between the U.S. and Mexico appeared to blindside the Trudeau government.
Read more »
Mexico threw Canada ‘under the bus’ with bilateral trade deal with U.S., Liberal MP tells Mexican ministerCanada and Mexico are dealing with lingering hard feelings over the side deal that appeared to have blindsided the Trudeau government
Read more »
Gould says Liberals may have to require social-media companies to ‘act’ on hate speechThe minister made the remark after Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith raised comments that were directed at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a ‘Yellow Vest’ Facebook page
Read more »