A cartoonist slated to take a position at a Canadian newspaper after one was let go following a negative President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE illustration reportedly said he will no longer accept the position.

Greg Perry was hired by Brunswick News Inc. (BNI) newspapers after the company ended a contract with Michael de Adder following a Trump cartoon and subsequent controversy.

CNN reports Perry told the Canadian paper he will no longer take the job.

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"I don't use social media, but person/persons who do have used it to essentially destroy my character and my cartoon work," Perry said in a statement to CNN's Canadian news partner CBC. "All this over a job that pays the same per month as a job at a grocery chain. I wouldn't wish this on anyone."

De Adder announced he was let go last week after creating a cartoon depicting Trump standing next to a golf cart over the bodies of two deceased migrants.

"Do you mind if I play through?" Trump is seen asking over the bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria.

The father and daughter were found drowned in the Rio Grande attempting to seek asylum in the U.S. The photo went viral.

Brunswick News had said in a statement that it is "entirely incorrect" to suggest the company ended its contract over the Trump cartoon.

"In fact, BNI was not even offered this cartoon by Mr. de Adder. The decision to bring back reader favourite Greg Perry was made long before this cartoon, and negotiations had been ongoing for weeks," the company said.

The company again defended its hiring of Perry.

"He is a talented cartoonist who has been unfairly maligned by the false narrative which recklessly erupted on social media in recent days," the company said in a statement to CNN.