Investigator concludes Liberal MP Darshan Kang violated harassment rules: Report
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March 2, 2018
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March 2, 2018 2:02 PM EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a roundtable on Employment insurance while MP Darshan Kang looks on at the Kerby Centre on Tuesday March 29, 2016 in Calgary, AB.Lyle Aspinall / Postmedia Network
OTTAWA — A House of Commons investigation has concluded that Calgary MP Darshan Kang violated Parliament’s rules against harassment.
The CBC says an investigator found Kang acted improperly by trying to enter the Ottawa hotel room of a young female staffer who worked in his constituency office in June 2017. The report says the staffer objected and the MP should have known his actions were unwanted.
Liberal candidate Darshan Kang during as the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau attended a rally with Liberal candidates and supporters at the Magnolia Banquet Hall in Calgary on Sunday October 18, 2015. (Darren Makowichuk/Calgary Sun/Postmedia Network)
The CBC report also says the investigator concluded that some of the staff member’s other allegations could not be substantiated, including that she had been offered money to remain silent about his behaviour.
Whether it is this process or others, the Liberal party has no interactions or responsibility over what his next steps are.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Kang, a former member of the Alberta legislature who was elected as a Liberal MP in 2015, resigned from the caucus last August after denying the allegations and vowing to clear his name.
Neither Kang nor the complainant immediately responded to requests for comment.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flips pancakes alongside his daughter Ella-Grace and Calgary MP Darshan Kang during the pancake breakfast at the Genesis Centre on July 15, 2016. (Ted Rhodes/Postmedia Network)
Heather Bradley, a spokeswoman for Speaker Geoff Regan, says the report cannot be released due to privacy concerns.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Kang is no longer a Liberal MP and would otherwise not comment on the case.
“Whether it is this process or others, the Liberal party has no interactions or responsibility over what his next steps are,” Trudeau said in Barrie, Ont.
Investigator concludes Liberal MP Darshan Kang violated harassment rules: Report | Toronto Sun
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Published:
March 2, 2018
Updated:
March 2, 2018 2:02 PM EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a roundtable on Employment insurance while MP Darshan Kang looks on at the Kerby Centre on Tuesday March 29, 2016 in Calgary, AB.Lyle Aspinall / Postmedia Network
OTTAWA — A House of Commons investigation has concluded that Calgary MP Darshan Kang violated Parliament’s rules against harassment.
The CBC says an investigator found Kang acted improperly by trying to enter the Ottawa hotel room of a young female staffer who worked in his constituency office in June 2017. The report says the staffer objected and the MP should have known his actions were unwanted.
Liberal candidate Darshan Kang during as the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau attended a rally with Liberal candidates and supporters at the Magnolia Banquet Hall in Calgary on Sunday October 18, 2015. (Darren Makowichuk/Calgary Sun/Postmedia Network)
The CBC report also says the investigator concluded that some of the staff member’s other allegations could not be substantiated, including that she had been offered money to remain silent about his behaviour.
Whether it is this process or others, the Liberal party has no interactions or responsibility over what his next steps are.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Kang, a former member of the Alberta legislature who was elected as a Liberal MP in 2015, resigned from the caucus last August after denying the allegations and vowing to clear his name.
Neither Kang nor the complainant immediately responded to requests for comment.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flips pancakes alongside his daughter Ella-Grace and Calgary MP Darshan Kang during the pancake breakfast at the Genesis Centre on July 15, 2016. (Ted Rhodes/Postmedia Network)
Heather Bradley, a spokeswoman for Speaker Geoff Regan, says the report cannot be released due to privacy concerns.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Kang is no longer a Liberal MP and would otherwise not comment on the case.
“Whether it is this process or others, the Liberal party has no interactions or responsibility over what his next steps are,” Trudeau said in Barrie, Ont.
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