Jody Wilson-Raybould is telling her Vancouver constituents she intends to run for re-election this fall as a Liberal.
Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould walks from West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday February 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Last Updated Friday, March 15, 2019 3:12PM EDT
Nonetheless, she said, she plans to stand for re-election as a Liberal in the Vancouver-Granville riding next fall because she got into politics to change that culture -- and still has plenty of work to do. She said she never expected to find herself thrust into the centre of a controversy that culminated last month in her resignation from cabinet.Wilson-Raybould told the House of Commons justice committee that Trudeau and several members of his senior staff were part of a prolonged and co-ordinated effort to convince her to overrule a decision by the director of public prosecutions to proceed with a criminal trial against SNC-Lavalin on charges of bribery.
The justice committee and the ethics commissioner are both investigating the allegations, the RCMP have been asked to investigate and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has expressed its concern, saying it is monitoring the investigations.
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