Former senior political staffer launches lawsuit against premier’s office alleging sexual harassment
A former senior political staffer in the Alberta government alleges in a lawsuit that the premier’s office fostered a “poisoned work environment” and repeatedly failed to address her complaint of sexual harassment about another employee.
“I was assured that action was being taken and shortly thereafter that individual’s contract ended with the government,” said Kenney. The document says the employee was humiliated, and problems spiralled for Kimmel when she went up the chain of command. “I immediately contacted the premier’s then-chief of staff and human resources ... and was told it was being dealt with. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Bernardo left the government,” said Nixon.
The lawsuit says that in January 2021, an anonymous Twitter account released details of a past romantic relationship between Kimmel and Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen.
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