‘That bar is pretty high’: Reform Act provides ‘counterbalance’ to party leader power despite workplace concerns raised by Rempel Garner, politicos say

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner recently suggested the Reform Act provision to expel an MP from caucus may violate workplace harassment laws, but Errol Mendes says an MP is 'not an employee' of the House of Commons.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner submitted a question on the order papers in June asking if the Reform Act 'could contradict … House of Commons harassment policy, or any other piece of federal or provincial legislation regarding workplace harassment.'The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

July 6, 2022

Questions raised by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner about whether the Reform Act violates workplace harassment laws or the House of Commons harassment policy are “complex and have some major uncertain legalities,” but ultimately an MP is not an employee, according to law professor Errol M...

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