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Originally Posted by chemgear
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/otta...ehr-had-to-go/
Raworth didn’t complain in 2008, because she feared compromising her dream job. “If I said anything, I would be labelled as difficult or labelled as someone who wouldn’t play the game,” she says.
David Swann, who led the Alberta Liberal party during part of Hehr’s two terms, said in an 2016 interview his colleague would often spend long nights out at pubs with younger legislature staff. Sometimes Hehr would be “spouting off” in ways that concerned the leader. “I don’t think he ever did anything illegal, but he was certainly pushing the boundaries with staff,” Swann recalled for a 2016 Maclean’s profile of Hehr, shortly after his cabinet appointment.
“I was concerned at one time it might get out of hand, but then he met a couple of women in his life that I think helped him get back to get some of the balance. And he has matured.” Swann declined comment Thursday.
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I do think that this is exactly the kind of thing that can't be tolerated. I have no doubt that her and others in her position felt they couldn't say anything, and that's not right. But my issue is with the people who were warning here (and presumably others) who felt it was bad enough that new hires ought to be warned, but not bad enough to take more aggressive action. Is the system setup in a way that would implicate these potential whistleblowers as well?