Liberal, NDP MPs look to PROC to address policy ‘gap’ when it comes to MP-on-MP harassment

If we want to have a range of voices in the House, ‘we need to make that a safe space, and right now, it’s an increasingly dangerous’ one, says NDP MP Heather McPherson.

Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, and NDP MPs Lindsay Mathyssen, Heather McPherson, and Matthew Green say they want to see the House codify a policy addressing MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 3, 2024

The Procedure and House Affairs Committee is taking a fresh look at the workplace policies that govern Members of Parliament, with the potential creation of a policy dealing with MP-to-MP harassment on the table. It's something the committee has previously shied away from pu...

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