Tootoo wants back in Liberal caucus, working hard to prove himself

Former cabinet minister Hunter Tootoo is trying to get back into the Liberal caucus after resigning over addiction issues and later admitting to an ‘inappropriate’ relationship with a Hill staffer.

Former Fisheries and Oceans minister Hunter Tootoo, pictured left in this file photo, resigned from cabinet and the Liberal caucus in May to seek alcohol addiction treatment. Later, it turned out, he had an inappropriate relationship with a young political aide in his MP office. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

September 19, 2016

As the House resumes sitting this week, Independent MP Hunter Tootoo hopes to one day be back on the Liberal government bench. “We know we have to earn our way back in, but it’s up to us to work hard and show we’re working hard to prove ourselves again to get that opportunity,” Henry Wright...

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