Two former cabinet ministers will not run under the Liberal banner in the October 2019 election.
In separate but coordinated announcements, Jody Wilson-Raybould in Vancouver and Jane Philpott in Markham—Stouffville, announced on Monday that they will run as independents
Wilson-Raybould served as justice minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet before she was shuffled to the portfolio of veteran’s affairs in January.
She later revealed she thought the decision to move her out of the justice role was motivated by her decision not to intervene in the criminal prosecution of the Quebec engineering giant, SNC-Lavalin.
Philpott was health minister and then minister of Indigenous services and president of the Treasury Board before resigning over Trudeau's handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Both were ousted from the Liberal caucus in early April and currently sit as independent MPs in the House of Commons.