OTTAWA—Celina Caesar-Chavannes says her decision to leave politics had little to do with the SNC-Lavalin scandal, and a lot to do with the preceding three years of Liberal politics in Ottawa.
Because the former Whitby MP’s decision to leave government happened against the backdrop of the scandal that rocked the Liberal government in 2019, Caesar-Chavannes said her story got lumped together with the drama unfolding around Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott.
“I think, at the end of the day, the commonality was there was this sense of if you speak up and you push back, you will get pushed aside or you will get thrown out (of caucus). I think the difference between me and Ms. Wilson-Raybould and Ms. Philpott was I was just ready to walk. I had three years of BS that I was dealing with, and I just thought ‘yeah. I’m good. I’m outta here.’”
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