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Jody Wilson-Raybould refuses to leave her ministerial office

This, I think, is one of the best analyses of this latest wrinkle in the Wilson-Raybould story. From Power and Politics, some of the other commentary may be interesting, but this sums up the situation.    https://youtu.be/YC_OQrMZsLc?t=686

The assignment of office space is only secondary to the political saga of Ms. Wilson-Raybould.  She came into Parliament and Government as a star candidate.  The circumstances of the controversy surrounding her dismissal from cabinet and the Liberal Party damaged the PM's (and party's) brand, and because of that she may have reached the mistaken belief that her relevancy would extend past the election.  Most independent MPs end up in the farthermost seats from the Speaker's chair due to some personal deficiency (conduct or policy difference) that (often temporarily) results in their exclusion from a caucus; independents don't usually last long outside a party.  She beat the odds and retained her seat (unlike her colleague Jane Philpott) but unless circumstances change significantly Ms. Wilson-Raybould will have little opportunity to demonstrate any national relevance.  At one time, it was not beyond reason to envision her as a future major player in the Liberal Party; a leader definitely and maybe in time a contender to be PM.  All that despite (or maybe assisted by) the label of her heritage.  But with this latest episode, my impression is that she has chosen to showcase herself as a "First Nations MP" and to be the unofficial opposition for that segment of the electorate.  It may keep her in the national public eye a bit longer, but it may (depending on the demographics of her riding) eventually be wearing on the voters who go to the polls in the next year or two.  She may just end up being a minor footnote in parliamentary history.
 
One might argue that an MPs entitlement to an office, any office, ended once parliament was dissolved. It is within the purview of the Speaker to allocate spaces once parliament is reconvened.
 
ModlrMike said:
One might argue that an MPs entitlement to an office, any office, ended once parliament was dissolved.
Even more so in the case of ministerial space when someone ceases to be a cabinet minister, even before Parliament was dissolved - she stopped being a minister in February of this year, so it's intriguing she (apparently, anyway) has been there since then.
 
Trudeau doesn't want to piss off the natives by forcing her out
 
This outlines the rules nicely.

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/jody-wilson-raybould-office

 
GAP said:
Trudeau doesn't want to piss off the natives by forcing her out
Well, he may have to pick & choose a bit ...
... Sources say Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal is supposed to take over the office from Wilson-Raybould. Vandal is a Métis member of Parliament who represents a Winnipeg riding ...
Also out there, the attached from Bob Rae & his wife (source:  here and here)
 

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Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould has moved out of her Parliament Hill office.

After weeks of wrangling between the former Liberal cabinet minister and the House of Commons administration, Wilson-Raybould tells CTV News that she reached an agreement and has packed up and relocated to another office within the parliamentary precinct.

This agreement to vacate what she called her “average-sized MP office” comes after she called the controversy around the office space she inhabited when she was in cabinet a “distraction.”

Following each election, Parliament Hill offices are allocated 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 was last on the list to be allocated an office and was asked to move out of the space she had. As of last week Wilson-Raybould told CTV News that she was working with the House to find a solution ...
 
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