What happens if an MP’s found guilty of sexual harassment? No one’s saying

The party whips would decide sanctions if an investigation determines an MP sexually harassed someone.

Liberal Whip Pablo Rodriguez, left, Conservative Whip Mark Strahl, and NDP Whip Marjolaine Boutline-Sweet. All three whips declined to say what will be the sanction for an MP found guilty of sexual harassment. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

February 19, 2018

All the federal political parties say they take sexual harassment “seriously,” but none will say what disciplinary action they would take against an MP found guilty of it. “We take sexual harassment allegations very seriously, and disciplinary measures [and all other related matters], are of ...

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