House spending $50,000 on in-person sexual harassment training for MPs, PM, cabinet ministers, opposition party leaders; all caucuses say it’s ‘mandatory’

'We want to make sure that every member of the Liberal caucus follows this very detailed and thorough training,' says Chief Government Whip Pablo Rodriguez.

Former Sport minister Kent Hehr, former Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown, and former Ontario PC Party president Rick Dykstra have all resigned recently because of allegations of sexual harassment.The Hill Times file photograph, Andrew Meade and courtesy of YouTube

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 30, 2018

The House of Commons is spending roughly $50,000 to organize in-person sexual harassment training for all 338 MPs, with all the major party caucuses mandating attendance, including for cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the leaders of the Conservative and NDP parties. Heather Bra...

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