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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Announces Investigation Into Harassment Allegation Involving MP Erin Weir

The Canadian Press, 01 Feb, 2018 12:26 PM
  • NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Announces Investigation Into Harassment Allegation Involving MP Erin Weir
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir has been temporarily suspended from his duties amid allegations of harassment.
 
Singh calls it a troubling allegation that he takes very seriously.
 
He says an independent investigator has been appointed to look into the allegation and that while Weir will remain a member of the NDP caucus, his duties will be curtailed pending the outcome.
 
Singh says the allegations, contained in an email received by the party, involve "harassing behaviour" towards a female party member.
 
Weir, 35, a former economist with the United Steelworkers union, was first elected in 2015 in the riding of Regina-Lewvan.

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