Ottawa: parliament is back in session under the sign of the harassment

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“Clearly, there is a crisis in our work environment and it lasts for too long,” said the minister of Employment, Patty Hajdu, during a press briefing on the margins of the debate on bill C-65.

Maxime Huard

Monday, 29 January, 2018 19:48

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Monday, 29 January, 2018 19:50

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OTTAWA | school policy is made on the background of the scandals of sexual misconduct, Monday at Ottawa, the government is grateful that the Parliament was facing a crisis.

“Clearly, there is a crisis in our work environment and it lasts for too long,” said the minister of Employment, Patty Hajdu, during a press briefing on the margins of the debate on bill C-65.

Filed in November, the legislation aims to submit all federal work sites, including the Parliament, at one and the same harassment policy.

The minister has acknowledged that the Parliament, where many men in a position of authority with young people employed in a precarious situation that is conducive to inappropriate behaviour and that it was necessary to put an end to it.

A behavior disgusting

Speaker on the topic of C-65, the conservative member of parliament Michelle Rempel predicts in the Room that the scandals of misconduct would eventually extend to all walks of life who gravitate around the Parliament: the tribune of the press, the diplomatic corps, the circles of lobbyists, etc

In a fiery speech, she described as “disgusting” the stories of abuse revealed in the last few weeks, including that of the former member of parliament Rick Dykstra, who has splashed the conservatives on Monday.
Mr. Dykstra has had to leave his position as president of the progressive conservative party of Ontario, Sunday evening, after a former employee of the federal conservative Party has accused, in an article in “Maclean’s”, a sexual assault that occurred in 2014.

The conservative mps crossed the Commons on Monday said that the decision taken at the time to allow Mr. Dykstra to stand as a candidate at the last general election would not be repeated today.

“If the Party was made aware of an allegation of sexual assault today, the person in question would be immediately rejected […] up to the end of an investigation,” said chief Andrew Scheer.

Back to school hectic

For their part, the liberals have continued to close ranks behind their leader Monday, defending his decision not to exclude from the caucus their colleague Kent Hehr. He has resigned from his post as Sports minister, last Thursday, following allegations of misconduct.

The return to the Commons has not been easy for prime minister Justin Trudeau, who has suffered a barrage of questions from the official opposition about his stay on the private island of the Aga Khan to the end of 2016. A damning report from the ethics commissioner has concluded in December that the trip constituted a violation of the Law on conflict of interests.