‘Very bad mistake’: Sask. MLA Jeremy Harrison addresses gun allegations
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The Allegations came to light May 16 when Speaker Randy Weekes accused Harrison of intimidating behaviour and said the minister once brought a weapon into the building.
Nearly two weeks after allegations were brought forward against Saskatchewan MLA Jeremy Harrison regarding his behaviour in the legislature and his urge to carry a gun, Harrison is telling his side of the story.
The allegations came to light May 16 when Speaker Randy Weekes accused Harrison of intimidating behaviour and said the minister once brought a weapon into the building.
Premier Scott Moe said the allegations were “unequivocally false,” however, Harrison later admitted to bringing a properly-cased long gun into the building. Harrison said he talked to the premier after he remembered.
“Approximately a decade ago, I was going hunting on a weekend,” Harrison said last week. “I stopped at the Legislative Building for a short period of time and brought a properly-cased long gun into the building with the knowledge of security officials so as to not leave it unattended in my vehicle in the parking lot.”
Harrison later resigned as government house leader but remains minister of trade and export.
Opposition leader Carla Beck said Moe has shown weak leadership not removing Harrison entirely from caucus.
“People should know that it’s not the right thing to bring a gun into their workplace,” Beck said. “I’m sure that a teacher who maybe had a firearm wouldn’t think it was okay to bring it into school or someone who works in health care who’s going hunting after work knows that that’s not a proper place to bring it, to bring a firearm.”
On Monday, Global News sat down with Harrison so discuss the allegations:
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