Ontario's public broadcaster has launched a third-party investigation into journalist Steve Paikin over allegations of sexual harassment made by a former Toronto mayoral candidate relating to comments at a 2010 lunch. A statement from TVO chief executive officer Lisa de Wilde released Monday morning says the broadcaster became aware of the allegations on Saturday after Paikin received an email from Sarah Thomson. TVO says Thomson referenced the allegation in two articles on her website and on social media, though she doesn't name Paikin specifically. "There is still one man whose actions haunt me," Thomson writes on the website Women's Post. Thomson writes that she replied she would never do that and then excused herself to call her campaign manager.

Source: CBC News February 05, 2018 15:33 UTC