NDP reviewing past, present harassment processes amid Stoffer, Weir allegations

‘Like any workplace, but maybe particularly politics, power plays such a huge role in every conversation, and I think for a long time, many men have pretended that there isn’t that power dynamic, that everything is neutral,’ says NDP MP Nathan Cullen.

Allegations of inappropriate behaviour have been raised against former NDP MP Peter Stoffer, left, along with criticisms of how complaints were handled by the NDP at the time. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has said the party is working to review and renew its harassment process. The Hill Times file photograph and photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 19, 2018

The NDP isn’t currently investigating the specific harassment allegations against former NDP MP Peter Stoffer, but it says it's looking into how such complaints were, are now and will be handled, something strategist Robin Sears says must be resolved by the party. “It’s sad that it’s taken ...

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