Jody Wilson-Raybould, who was Canada's first indigenous justice minister, and Jane Philpott, who held three key posts in Trudeau's government, said they hope to continue representing their current electoral districts in Vancouver and Markham, Ontario, respectively."We sometimes hear that politics is a team sport, that politics is also a blood sport...
Jody Wilson-Raybould, who was Canada's first indigenous justice minister, and Jane Philpott, who held three key posts in Trudeau's government, said they hope to continue representing their current electoral districts in Vancouver and Markham, Ontario, respectively.
"We sometimes hear that politics is a team sport, that politics is also a blood sport," Wilson-Raybould told a press conference in Vancouver.
"I do believe in the importance of a strong team," she said. "But I'm not sure that there has to be any blood involved. And it is far too serious a business to call it a sport. After all, it is the lives of people and our future that is at stake."
Rather, she urged more nonpartisanship and increased cooperation in the 338-seat parliament.
"I hope others will say, 'You know, none of these parties fit me, I can't fit myself into these boxes but I think I can represent my community'," echoed Philpott at a concurrent event in Markham.
"We need independent voices who will work with [others] to solve the big problems of our time," she said.
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