Why hasn’t #MeToo movement claimed any creeps crawling in Ottawa’s corridors of power?

Not every man in Canadian political life is a scumbag. But, in Ottawa nowadays, the silence is deafening. It is impossible that #MeToo stories can’t be found on Parliament Hill. So why isn’t anyone telling them?

Female panellists, pictured Oct. 25, 2017, at the French ambassador's residence in Ottawa at an event to celebrate women in diplomacy called, 'What does a feminist foreign policy mean?' Former prime minister Kim Campbell also participated in the event. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

December 11, 2017

TORONTO—It’s hit Hollywood. It’s taken down big names in the media and it's all over Capitol Hill in Washington, too. So why hasn’t the #MeToo movement claimed any of the creeps crawling through Ottawa’s corridor of power? Because, God knows, there’s plenty of dirty old (and young) men...

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