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Jody Wilson-Raybould moves out of ministerial office suite after initially refusing
Politics·NewJody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill office after initially refusing to vacate the suite of offices she was assigned as a cabinet minister, CBC News has learned.Independent MP called request to leave ‘petty’CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 11:15 PM ET | Last Updated: December 19Jody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill ministerial…
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Jody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill office after initially refusing to vacate the suite of offices she was assigned as a cabinet minister, CBC News has learned.
Independent MP called request to leave ‘petty'
CBC News ·
Jody Wilson-Raybould moved out of her Parliament Hill office after initially refusing to vacate the suite of offices she was assigned as a cabinet minister, CBC News has learned.
Wilson-Raybould and the House of Commons administration came to an agreement on Wednesday, according to Heather Bradley, the director of communications for the Speaker of the House.
The Independent MP now has a new office in the Confederation Building in Ottawa. Previously, Wilson-Raybould and her small staff occupied a series of six offices equipped with a private bathroom on the fourth floor of the Confederation Building — a suite she was assigned when she was a minister and had a larger staff complement.
The Liberals requested the use of the ministerial suite for one of their newly appointed ministers.
“It seems a little bit petty to me,” Wilson-Raybould told CBC News last week. “It makes no sense to remove me from my MP office. So I don't understand why they're wanting to do it.”
Parliament Hill offices are reassigned after each election, with priority based on party standings. As an Independent, Wilson-Raybould would have been among the last MPs given a chance to choose an office.
With files from David Cochrane and Jorge Barrera
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