‘Just the start’: more stories of sexual harassment expected to rock political Ottawa, say observers

'This is probably going to get worse before it eventually gets better,' said former Liberal Hill staffer Greg MacEachern.

Ontario PC Party leader and former Conservative MP Patrick Brown, left, abruptly resigned from his post at the top of the provincial party last week over allegations of sexual misconduct. Liberal MP Kent Hehr resigned from cabinet last week after being accused of sexual harassment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph

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BY JOLSON LIM, MARCO VIGLIOTTI

January 29, 2018

More stories of sexual misconduct and harassment are bound to surface on Parliament Hill in the coming weeks and months, with highly-publicized allegations levelled against Patrick Brown and Kent Hehr giving renewed urgency to the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, acc...

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