Stalled Senate harassment policy review revived

The ‘review and renewal’ of a 2009 policy was supposed to be complete by end of 2017. A newly constituted subcommittee on human resources is looking for a consultant to help with the work.
Independent Senator Elaine McCoy, pictured with government representative Senator Peter Harder, is chairing a Senate subcommittee tasked with reviewing the Red Chamber’s harassment policy, last updated in 2009.
The Senate is buckling down on its review of its harassment policy as the #MeToo movement sweeps through the halls of Parliament—though the head of the group in charge of the overhaul says the timing is more coincidental than consequential. Work on the review and changes to the Upper Chamber’s ...

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