TORONTO -- Jody Wilson-Raybould has not moved out of the office that was given to her when she was a cabinet minister, even though she is now an Independent MP.
Following each election, Parliament Hill offices are allocated in order based on party standing. Cabinet ministers and members of the party that formed government receive offices first, followed by the Official Opposition, and then the parties that came third, fourth, etc.
As an Independent MP, Wilson-Raybould would be last on the list to be allocated an office. She has been asked to move, but has yet to do so.
Wilson-Raybould told 麻豆影视 that she does not see a reason to move, even though her ministerial suite would presumably stand a reasonable chance of being given to a Liberal.
鈥淭he office is an average sized MP office - not a palace,鈥� she said, adding that 鈥渁s of yesterday afternoon I was still working with House Admin to find [a] solution.鈥�
Heather Bradley, a spokesperson for the House of Commons Speaker鈥檚 office, said that the process of office allocation is still ongoing, and that 鈥渟ome MPs are still waiting for their move.鈥�
When she was a member of the federal Liberal party, Wilson-Raybould served as the Minister of Justice from 2015 to January of 2019, and then the Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada until her resignation in February of 2019 amid the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
She was elected as an Independent candidate in the October election for the riding of Vancouver-Granville in British Columbia.
With files from 麻豆影视鈥� Rachel Aiello and Michel Boyer
