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In her unsuccessful written plea to remain a member of the federal Liberal caucus, Jody Wilson-Raybould wrote to her fellow MPs: “Ultimately the choice that is before you is about what kind of party you want to be a part of, what values it will uphold, the vision that animates it, and indeed the type of people it will attract.”

Well, we now know – with dismaying clarity – which sort of values, vision and people “animate” the Liberal party, or at least which are preferred by its elected members. And this revelation is, to use the vocabulary of Jane Philpott, the other MP ejected from caucus, “disheartening.”

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In rejecting an honest, complete discussion of the facts around the SNC-Lavalin mess, then exiling two respected, once-senior cabinet ministers over their defence of prosecutorial independence, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his caucus have shown that political expediency trumps principle, loyalty trumps independent thought, and prevarication trumps transparency. As with any tinpot government, ends justify means, the leader is supreme, and thoughtful reflection belongs – well, anywhere but among elected members.