House developing in-person training for MPs on sexual harassment, but not all agree they need it; ‘everyone understands unacceptable behaviour’

The House is planning on providing 20 in-person training sessions on sexual harassment between February and June to MPs. Liberal MP Judy Sgro described the in-person training as a 'terrific step forward.'

Liberal MP Judy Sgro, left, pictured at a national caucus meeting on the Hill. The House of Commons is working on plans to provide in-person training to MPs of all parties in the coming months on sexual harassment, after numerous cases of sexual harassment and misconduct involving MPs in recent years.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 8, 2018

The House of Commons is planning to offer an in-person training course on sexual harassment in the coming months, as part of the House chief human resources officer Pierre Parent's efforts to educate MPs on the issue, according to a spokeswoman for the House. “We expect to offer the sessions betw...

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