When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last month, it was portrayed as a typical house cleaning before next fall’s election.
When Trudeau demoted his personally-groomed, high-profile attorney-general and justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, though, heads started to turn.
Why would the PM remove this well-qualified individual, who is the first Indigenous person to hold the post and only the third woman to do so, without any real valid reason?
She was a rising star for the Liberals who checked off two big boxes for their base: women and the Indigenous community.
That’s the sort of collusion chatter that swirls around the Donald Trump White House, not the Parliament Hill of our “sunny ways” selfie prime minister.
WATCH: What’s next for Jody Wilson-Raybould after her resignation?
To add fuel to Justin’s political inferno, the ethics commissioner has called an investigation into the shenanigans. Wilson-Raybould, meanwhile, has resigned from Trudeau’s cabinet to hire high-priced legal representation so she can tell her side of the story.
Something stinks.
Scott Thompson is the host of The Scott Thompson Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.
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