Speaking on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, Manitoba NDP caucus chair Mike Moyes said Mark Wasyliw's connection to the defence lawyer representing convicted sex offender Peter Nygard contributed to his dismissal from the NDP caucus, but it wasn't the only reason.
Manitoba's NDP caucus chair says an MLA booted from caucus earlier this week had shown a pattern of deceit and disrespect before he was removed.Manitoba NDP caucus chair Mike Moyes says Mark Wasyliw's connection to the defence lawyer representing convicted sex offender Peter Nygard contributed to his dismissal from the NDP caucus, but it wasn't the only reason.
Fort Garry MLA Mark Wasyliw, seen here in a 2020 photo, was removed from the NDP caucus on Monday. words from last fall,"It would be very easy to prove me wrong," he told CBC Wednesday. "Pull out the other 34 MLAs and they can stand behind the mic with Wab and say, 'Yeah, we agree that he should've gone.
When questioned about it "numerous times … he was deceitful with it," and only later "admitted that he had in fact lied numerous times to numerous people," Moyes alleged.He said the private member's bill, which addressed real estate wholesaling, had been drafted, and a lawyer who had worked on it mistakenly put it on the docket. Wasyliw says he was then accused of trying to push it through by Moyes and the premier.
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