Treasury Board President Jane Philpott resigned Monday saying she could no longer support the government.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another high-profile resignation from his government, after a second female cabinet member left her position over an ethics scandal relating to corruption charges against a major construction firm.
The loss of two female cabinet members means that Trudeau’s famously gender-equal cabinet is at risk of losing its 50-50 male-female split. When asked why he was pushing the 50-50 number in 2015, Trudeau said, “Because it’s 2015.” But with his government thrown into turmoil and the prime minister implicated in the scandal, gender imbalance in the cabinet could be the least of Trudeau’s worries.
Trudeau and his aides thus allegedly pressured then-Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to drop the criminal investigation into the company. After refusing to do so, Wilson-Raybould was demoted to be minister of veterans affairs in January and eventually resigned from the cabinet in February.
Wilson-Raybould praised the “incomparable” Philpott’s decision to leave the cabinet, describing her as a “Mother of Country.” She added, “You are a leader of vision & strength & I look forward to continuing to work alongside you.” Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has already called on Trudeau to step down amid the allegations. “Justin Trudeau simply cannot continue to govern this country now that Canadians know what he has done and that is why I am calling on Mr. Trudeau to do the right thing and to resign,” he said.
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