Jody Wilson-Raybould

Independent Member of Parliament (and author) Jody Wilson-Raybould in her Confederation Building office in Ottawa on Aug. 4, 2021. (Photograph by Blair Gable; Hair and makeup by Marianne Moore/One Fine Beauty)

Jody Wilson-Raybould on Ottawa’s power problem

The former justice minister talks with Marie-Danielle Smith about her memoir, why she left Parliament—and how more free thinkers can change things
The head of a statue of Sir John A. MacDonald in Montreal, in August 2020 (Graham Hughes/CP)

Burying Sir John A. Macdonald

The first prime minister will no longer be put on a pedestal as the debate turns to what to put up in his place
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Expanding eligibility for MAID should not be rushed

Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson-Raybould: Medical assistance in dying is complex and deeply personal. Is there enough medical and social evidence to understand the implications of an expanded law?
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The unfulfilled promise of Jane Philpott

After enduring a loss, Jane Philpott wanted to be brave. If not for herself, for the young women who looked up to her.
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The McLellan report would have ended the SNC affair before it began

Paul Wells: Under the proposed ’McLellan protocol’ the incessant piling-on the attorney general by staffers would not have been possible
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Why didn’t SNC-Lavalin grab a chance to make its best case?

The ethics commissioner’s report contains multiple mentions of Wilson-Raybould’s offer to pass along the company’s public-interest arguments
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Such stark statements: the ethics commissioner faults the PM

Paul Wells: Another ethics report patiently explains to the PM that he does, in fact, make decisions and they do, in fact, have consequences
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Jody Wilson-Raybould has the lead over Trudeau’s Liberals

An exclusive 338Canada/Mainstreet poll puts the Independent narrowly ahead of the Liberals in her riding, with a shot at re-election
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JWR and Jane Philpott bet big that politics has changed (spoiler: it hasn’t)

Andrew MacDougall: Two Liberal heavyweights-turned-independent candidates want to do politics differently. But their odds at winning on their own, without any party support, are low.
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Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott on the power of one

In announcing they are running as Independents, two former cabinet ministers take aim at real change in politics