sexual harassment

Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown is challenging two women who accused him of sexual misconduct to go to police and try to have authorities press charges.

Joelle Saltel−Allard said Stan Struthers, a former cabinet minister, used to touch her when she worked as his press secretary between 2009 and 2011.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put Justice Department lawyers on notice on Wednesday for their response to a proposed class-action lawsuit on military sexual misconduct, saying their arguments are out of line.

Liberal cabinet minister Bardish Chagger has made it clear to her top aides that if they ever hear of sexual misconduct allegations involving anyone in her office, they need to tell her about it.

Patrick Brown emerged on Twitter Tuesday to thank supporters, lash out at “false allegations” and declare “the truth will come out.”

Ontario’s public broadcaster says the host of its flagship current affairs program will remain on the air while being investigated for alleged sexual harassment.

The Conservatives are now ready to ask potential candidates specifically whether they have ever been accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called a harassment allegation against MP Erin Weir "troubling" and said the party will be appointing an independent investigator to conduct an examination.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne saluted the courage of the women who have levied allegations of sexual misconduct against the former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party.

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie was forced to resign Wednesday after an investigation found he acted inappropriately and breached the legislature’s policy on workplace harassment.

Thousands of Canadian women looked to the future while acknowledging the past on Saturday, January 20, 2018, as they took to the streets for a second co-ordinated round of protest marches.

A march that began as a protest against a newly minted American president has morphed into a broad pushback against long-standing systems and a call for empowerment for all marginalized groups, advocates and organizers said on Friday, January 19, 2018.

Mary Lou Basaraba alleges Charles Dutoit, who was the artistic director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra between 1977 and 2002, forced himself on her when she was a journalist interviewing him in the city sometime in late 1977 or early 1978. The 81-year old Grammy-winning conductor has denied the accusations.

Federal political party leaders must relay a message — particularly to men — that sexual misconduct will not be tolerated, says former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose.

In a statement posted online on Monday, Concordia University president Alan Shepard said he "became aware" of allegations of sexual misconduct at the English department in the afternoon after reading an online article about the staff and atmosphere inside and outside of classrooms.