Wilson-Raybould refusing to vacate her old office
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It is not the duty of the Liberal government to assign offices, Jin. I can't imagine that a single liberal MP would be happy to have her anywhere near their offices considering the fact that she has proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that all the previous rumors of her inability to work well with others are now coming home to roost.
Edit to add: It is the duty of HOC Administration to assign office space.
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She's an independent, STB with no party affiliations - liberal or otherwise. She is but a lone voice in the wilderness without power or post or Ministry.
New Speaker says he'll evict Wilson-Raybould if she doesn't leave willingly
If it comes down to it, newly-elected House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says he will evict Jody Wilson-Raybould, the Independent MP currently locked in a dispute over office space with her former party.
"I mean, obviously we have a process in place, there's a tradition in place," he said in a recent interview with Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos. "Eventually, yeah, if she doesn't [vacate], it'll be someone from my office who has to enforce the rules so that Parliament can function."
The timeline is "malleable at this point. We're working on it," he said.
Parliamentary offices are re-assigned after every election; the Speaker's office is ultimately in charge of those assignments.
Traditionally, priority is given on the basis of seat count — that means the Liberals get first pick of offices this time, followed by the Conservatives, then the Bloc.
Wilson-Raybould, an Independent MP who resigned from cabinet over the SNC-Lavalin affair, has been refusing to move out of the entire office space assigned to her in 2018, when she was a cabinet minister. The move was due to Centre Block closing down for renovations.
She currently occupies a series of six offices equipped with a private bathroom on the fourth floor of the Confederation Building in the Parliamentary precinct. It's classified as a ministerial suite, but Wilson-Raybould said Thursday she disagrees with that description because it's two adjacent MP offices without a connecting door. She said she has volunteered to give one of the spaces up as long as she can keep the other.
"I'm not trying to prevent somebody from having been out in the cold without an office. I'm just trying to find a reasonable solution," she told CBC News in an earlier interview, adding that she considers the situation to be "petty."
In an email sent to CBC News today, Wilson-Raybould said that she was given a list of alternative office spaces on Thursday and is considering her options.
Wilson-Raybould invited Algonquin Elder Claudette Commanda to bless the offices after her swearing-in following the October election. She said he had no "formal notice" at that point that she was required to move out, adding that she got the notice on Dec. 5.
Wilson-Raybould's behaviour 'speaks for itself,' says Joly
The minister looking to move into the suite is Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, a Métis MP from Manitoba. He said he's not involved in the dispute.
"I'm just waiting for an office. We're hiring staff, we need an office. We have work to do," he said. "I'm really looking forward to getting going on that. So I'm just waiting for an office."
Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly, however, had more pointed comments to make.
"I think there is a clear protocol and I think her behaviour speaks for itself. That's it. It's sad that we're there. We don't need to be," she said.
While Wilson-Raybould said she would like to stay where she is, Rota said it's not up to her.
"There's a minister who wants to go in there and that minister has the right to go in because it's been chosen as his office," he said.
"As an Independent, unfortunately, [Wilson-Raybould] is at the bottom of the list or near the bottom of the list."
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-rota-speaker-1.5395567
I'd much rather see her get off her high horse, buckle down and start representing the people who voted her in.........or she could yet again be a one-term wonder................and again it's her constituents who would be duped.send her back to her shithole country.
I thought it was petty of Wilson-Raybould. But her not moving causing TrueDope some grief is a positive outcome.
If the 'woke' were really dreamers there might be some hope for them - they aren't and there isn't. :lol:
Some of her constituents have popped up on the CBC comments section..........if I were her I'd take a gander as they are none to pleased with this hissy fit.
TRUE DAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this point she is appearing petulant and foolish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In other words..............................
she IS EXPOSING HER LIE-beral roots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
send her back to her shithole country.
STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHE IS A CITIZEN of the country that her former LIE-beral pals..................................
are SCREWING OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She would still be helping them SCREW US............................
except that unlike other LIE-berals she has some MODEST APPRECIATION..........................
for the rule of law and thought she could get away with defying Our idiot Boy.....................................
on his Lavalin SCANDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wilson-Raybould is a Cdn Indian - not an India Indian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meh, I still don't see the big deal. It's not like Team Groper has another 4 years in the pocket anyway.