OTTAWA — In the summer of 2016, a new restaurant opened on Ottawa’s Sparks Street, just a short block from Parliament Hill. On budget day last March it played host to a closed-door party for the finance department and other senior government officials. In a statement sent to media Wednesday, Riviera’s celebrity chef, Matthew Carmichael, admitted to repeated instances of sexual harassment of women who worked for him. It’s not just Riveria’s proximity to the parliamentary precinct that made it a venue of choice on the Hill’s social circuit. In a statement provided through his lawyer, Doussis said management took “immediate action” after the women came forward.

Source: National Post October 27, 2017 00:17 UTC