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Learn about the life and career of Jody Wilson-Raybould, a Canadian lawyer, author, and former politician who served as justice minister and attorney general under Justin Trudeau. Find out about her background, achievements, controversies, and current activities.
Jody Wilson-Raybould (* 23. März 1971 in Vancouver [1] ), in der Sprache Kwak'wala Puglaas genannt, ist eine kanadische Politikerin, die bis April 2019 Mitglied der Liberalen Partei Kanadas war.
14. Sept. 2021 · On the day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally removed Jody Wilson-Raybould as justice minister and attorney general, she approached her successor at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony to...
- Early Life and Education
- Personal Life
- Legal Career
- Regional Chief
- Justice Minister
- Legislative and Legal Reforms
- Colten Boushie Case
- Resignation from Cabinet
- SNC-Lavalin Scandal
- 2019 Federal Election
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Jody Wilson-Raybould was born 23 March 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father, Bill Wilson, is a fiery Kwagiulth (Kwakwaka’wakw) hereditary chief, her mother, Sandra Wilson, a non-Indigenous teacher. They separated when Wilson-Raybould was a small child. Her mother raised her on Vancouver Island, mostly in Comox, not far from the villages ...
Wilson-Raybould married Tim Raybould, a non-Indigenous man, in 2008. He has worked for decades as a management consultant to First Nations groups. He has a doctorate in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge and is a professor at the McGillInstitute for the Study of Canada.
From 2000 to 2003, Jody Wilson-Raybould worked as a provincial crown prosecutor in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. She strove to reduce that area’s high rate of incarceration of Indigenousresidents, seeking to address their marginalization, poverty and inequality. From 2003 to 2009, Wilson-Raybould was part of the BC Treaty Commission, which oversee...
In 2009, Jody Wilson-Raybould was elected councillor of the We Wai Kai First Nation at Cape Mudge on Vancouver Island, where she’s a member and owns a home. The same year, she was elected regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). In this role, she worked to advance First Nationsgovernance as well as fair access to land and resources, i...
After her election as Liberal MP for Vancouver Granville in 2015, Jody Wilson-Raybould was sworn in as minister of justice and Canada’s attorney general — the first Indigenous person to hold this position. She remained in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s political cabinet until February 2019. As minister of justice, Wilson-Raybould played a key role...
In April 2017, Jody Wilson-Raybould introduced Bill C-46, which overhauled Canada’s impaired driving laws. The legislation introduced new criminal offences related to drug-impaired driving and gave police increased powers to conduct roadside breath alcohol testing. Bill C-46 was hailed by some as the most comprehensive reform in more than 40 years....
The justice minister stirred public outcry following a Twitter exchange on 9 February 2018 with Justin Trudeau in response to a contentious verdict. That day, an all-white Saskatchewanjury found white farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty in the 2016 shooting death of 22-year-old Cree man Colten Boushie. Trudeau tweeted that “I can't imagine the grief a...
In a January 2019 Liberal Cabinet shuffle, Jody Wilson-Raybould became minister of veterans affairs. Many observers considered this a demotion. She left Justin Trudeau’s cabinet on 12 February 2019. Although her public resignation letter did not provide a reason, she stated that she will continue to maintain “a positive and progressive vision of ch...
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s departure from cabinet followed media reports that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had pressured her to intervene in a federal case against SNC-Lavalin, directing federal prosecutors to negotiate a deal with the company. The Quebec company was charged in 2015 with bribing Libyan officials in exchange for construction contra...
In the October 2019 federal election, Jody Wilson-Raybould ran for re-election as an Independent in the riding of Vancouver-Granville. In late September, she and fellow Independent Jane Philpott announced that they had exceeded their fundraising goals and had received support from across the country. Wilson-Raybould was re-elected on 21 October 201...
Learn about the life and career of Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada's first Indigenous justice minister and MP for Vancouver Granville. She introduced groundbreaking legislation on medically assisted dying, gender identity, cannabis and more.
15. Okt. 2019 · Canadian MP Jody Wilson-Raybould was booted from the Liberal Party by Justin Trudeau. Could she be the one to take him down?
8. Juli 2021 · The former Liberal cabinet minister and Independent MP says she won't run in the next federal election and criticizes the state of Canadian politics. She cites partisanship, marginalization and lack of accountability as reasons for her decision.
11. Sept. 2021 · The former justice minister and attorney general reveals how she was pressured to intervene in the prosecution of the Quebec company and how she recorded a phone call with the Privy Council clerk. She also questions the RCMP's investigation and the Trudeau government's actions in the matter.
