As is his right, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has set a rigorously high bar for sexual misconduct within his party — possibly the highest in parliamentary history. Explaining his decision last week to throw MP Erin Weir out of caucus, Singh said an independent investigator had found that "Mr. Weir failed to read non-verbal cues in social settings. Singh acknowledged that "when Mr. Weir was told his advances were unwanted, he stopped." That email prompted Singh to suspend Weir from caucus, and, effectively, make an announcement on Feb. 1 inviting complaints against the MP. As Singh himself said on CBC's Power & Politics in January: "You have to believe survivors ....

Source: CBC News May 08, 2018 09:32 UTC