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		</div><p>Another member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet has resigned over a scandal that has shaken the government in an election year.</p>
<p>Treasury Board president Jane Philpott, considered a star minister, said in a resignation letter that it was “untenable” for her to continue in the Cabinet because she could not defend the government.</p>
<p>Ms Philpott’s friend, former Attorney General and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, testified last week that Mr Trudeau and senior members of his government inappropriately tried to pressure her to avoid prosecution of a major Canadian engineering company in a case involving allegations of corruption in Libya.</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/41457F78-FB2E-4298-AEFD-96FAFC4B5D9A.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-127203" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/41457F78-FB2E-4298-AEFD-96FAFC4B5D9A.jpeg" alt="" width="1081" height="1568" /></a></p>
<p>Ms Wilson-Raybould resigned from Cabinet last month after being demoted to veteran affairs minister the month before.</p>
<p>The scandal has rocked Mr Trudeau’s government. Gerald Butts, his closet adviser and best friend, resigned last month and is scheduled to testify on Wednesday before a Parliament justice committee in Mr Trudeau’s defence.</p>
<p>Mr Trudeau has acknowledged raising the issue with Ms Wilson-Raybould, but has said that was appropriate.</p>
<p>Ms Wilson-Raybould resigned from Cabinet last month after being demoted to veteran affairs minister the month before.</p>
<p>The scandal has rocked Mr Trudeau’s government. Gerald Butts, his closet adviser and best friend, resigned last month and is scheduled to testify on Wednesday before a Parliament justice committee in Mr Trudeau’s defence.</p>
<p>Mr Trudeau has acknowledged raising the issue with Ms Wilson-Raybould, but has said that was appropriate.</p>
<p><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CFCACC6A-8560-4A1A-BA8E-2AC9BCD0EEB5.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-127204" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CFCACC6A-8560-4A1A-BA8E-2AC9BCD0EEB5.jpeg" alt="" width="1079" height="1095" /></a>Ms Philpott sided with Ms Wilson-Raybould over Mr Trudeau over the matter.</p>
<p>“I have been considering the events that have shaken the federal government in recent weeks and after serious reflection, I have concluded that I must resign as a member of Cabinet,” Ms Philpott wrote.</p>
<p>“Sadly, I have lost confidence in how the government has dealt with this matter and in how it has responded to the issues raised.”</p>
<p>Ms Philpott is a former minister of health and minister of indigenous services and was widely viewed as of one of Mr Trudeau’s most competent Cabinet ministers.</p>
<p>“Unfortunately, the evidence of efforts by politicians and/or officials to pressure the former Attorney General to intervene in the criminal case involving SNC-Lavalin, and the evidence as to the content of those efforts have raised serious concerns for me,” Ms Philpott wrote.</p>
<p>“I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations. There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.”</p>
<p>Ms Philpott said she would continue as a Parliament member for Mr Trudeau’s Liberal Party.</p>
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