Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says constituents urged her to join Carney government

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says constituents urged her to join Carney government

Lori Idlout, the newest member of Prime Minister Mark Carney's government, said she quit the NDP caucus because she felt she was 'betraying' her constituents.

Idlout says she felt she was 'betraying' her constituents by staying with NDP

By Nick Murray Nunavut MP Lori Idlout said Wednesday feedback from constituents calling on her to join the Liberal government ultimately convinced her to cross the floor. In her first interview as a Liberal MP, Idlout told The Canadian Press staying with the NDP felt like she was “betraying” Nunavummiut. “It started to, every day, to feel like I was betraying the wrong people, that I was betraying my constituents,” she said. “And with leaving th…