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Lisa Raitt on the pain and glory of losing the job she held for over a decade

After serving 11 years as a Conservative MP in Milton, Ont., Lisa Raitt lost her seat in the 2019 federal election. But she's not settling down to a quiet life as a private citizen. Raitt talks about her plans for her future and shares a few thoughts on what her party needs to do to unite itself.

'I'm always going to be around. I'm just not going to be a politician there'

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A woman stands in the House of Commons in Ottawa, with people sitting in the background.
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt in the House of Commons during Question Period in May 2019. Raitt lost her seat in the October 2019 federal election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Out In The Open15:41Lisa Raitt on the pain and glory of losing the job she held for over a decade

After the votes were counted in this year's federal election, former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt lost her seat to four-time Olympic medallist — and newly-minted Liberal — Adam van Koeverden.

That made Raitt one of the most prominent Conservatives to lose.

Out in the Open host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with her about the pain and glory of being out of the job she held for 11 years, and what her party needs to do to unite itself going forward.

This story appears in the Out in the Open episode "See Ya, 2019".

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