Vancouver Island MLA hopes to clear his name after removal from NDP caucus by Eby

British Columbia MLA Adam Walker says he hopes to clear his name after what he called an “abrupt” decision by Premier David Eby to remove him from the NDP caucus over a human resources complaint.

British Columbia MLA Adam Walker says he hopes to clear his name after what he called an “abrupt” decision by Premier David Eby to remove him from the NDP caucus over a human resources complaint.

Walker said the premier told him in a two-and-a-half-minute call on Sunday afternoon that he would no longer be a member of the caucus.

“And the gist of it was basically, I've made up my mind, you're out of caucus, and that was the crux of the whole conversation,” Walker said Monday.

Details of what led to Walker's removal have not been made public, with both Walker and Eby saying privacy rules prevent them speaking about a human resources complaint.

“There's a clear path as far as next steps to clear my name and to address the situation and that'll be done through arbitration,” Walker said.

“And that process, I have full faith in happening in a timely way, to make sure that all the appropriate facts are considered and good outcomes are made.”

Eby told an unrelated news conference earlier Monday that he decided Walker needed to be removed after a formal investigation by the NDP caucus.