Michelle Rempel Garner: Liberal silence on MP's alleged metoo misdeeds is troubling
When a story like this breaks, members of Parliament are presented with a choice. Under Ottawa’s current power structure, in a situation like this the centre of power in a political party is often focused on how to make the story go away as quickly as possible. This structure is endemic and exists in every partisan political entity in Canada.Members of Parliament can choose to make public comments and demand action.
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Jan. 24, 2020.When action is demanded from people who enjoy the benefits of residing within a power structure, or who have something to lose by doing so, it shifts the culture of an organization for the better. It becomes known that anyone who attempts that sort of garbage will be publicly held to account by their own tribe. They will not profit from the silence of feebly circled wagons.
Fast forward to last week, when a similar embarrassment emerged from within the Liberal party. It was reported that member of Parliament Marwan Tabbara, who is currently facing assault and criminal harassment charges, was allowed to run for the Liberals in 2019 despite an internal sexual harassment investigation that substantiated some of the allegations that had been made.
They, and all the others, have made their choice: keep quiet. They will be rewarded for it. And that is how systems of misogyny and violence are perpetuated.MP Marwan Tabbara has brief court date as new allegation of sexual harassment is made
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