Liberals are hoping to put an end to the SNC-Lavalin affair with the expulsions of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the governing party’s fold. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late Tuesday that he had kicked the two former cabinet ministers out of the Liberal caucus and will not allow them to run as Liberal candidates in this fall’s election. On Wednesday, he dismissed suggestions that the expulsions have hurt the party’s “feminist” brand.