Lake Melville MHA says he'll stay in role until next election
Despite calls for his immediate resignation as MHA for Lake Melville, Perry Trimper is vowing to hold his seat until the next election.
"I don't quit. I made a commitment to the people of Lake Melville that I would serve as their representative, and I would do it to the best of my abilities, so I will do that," Trimper told CBC Radio's Labrador Morning on Tuesday.
The Innu Nation has called on Trimper to quit politics altogether. On Monday, Trimper said he was withdrawing as candidate for Lake Melville in the next general election. Trimper also said he was stepping away from his Liberal caucus roles as a parliamentary secretary and special advisor on climate change to the premier.
That's not enough, said Mary Ann Nui, the deputy chief of the Innu Nation.
"It really concerns me, because Perry Trimper has not learned anything from the past year," Nui told CBC News Tuesday afternoon.
In a statement, the Innu Nation said Trimper's remaining in caucus is, by default, "acceptance of systemic racism by both the government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and only serves to demonstrate further failure by Mr. Trimper to take responsibility for his actions."
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Last week, Trimper said homeless people in Happy Valley-Goose Bay were "choosing" a risky lifestyle, in the wake of a video that showed a homeless Inuk man being thrown to the ground during an arrest in the town by a municipal enforcement officer.
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