PMO’s explanation about Tootoo “pretty lame”: former Nunavut politician
OTTAWA — The Liberals need to own up and explain why Hunter Tootoo — billed as star candidate in the last election — is no longer a member of cabinet or caucus, a former Nunavut politician said Friday.
Jack Anawak, a former Liberal MP and the federal NDP’s nominee in Nunavut in the last election, said the party lauded Tootoo during the campaign and it now has a duty to explain circumstances of his departure.
“The explanation that he decided to leave on his own is pretty lame,” Anawak told The Canadian Press.
“When you’re at that level, a minister in the government and not just a junior minister but a minister of a major department like Fisheries and Oceans … you don’t resign by yourself.”