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Originally Posted by Joborule
If his allegations were as frequent as some are claiming they were at parliament, how come they didn't make a case against him earlier? If it was so well known, and it bothered them so much, why not act then as a group? They could've yielded the same result as today by doing so. Considering his position, it's not like if they did this before the whole #metoo movement, people would've responded "so what? Deal with it."
These would be elected officials. Or even if it wasn't to them, the fact that a MP - in cabinet at that - was doing this, and brought forth to the media, would be a tough situation for him and the party to navigate through. Why wasn't it such a problem then, but now is?
Makes me think two possibilities.
One, for whatever reason women didn't want to go forward then, but feel like doing it now. It could be that they didn't want to come off as a snitch, and risk damaging the parties images. Although you figure opponents would catch wind, and use this as ammo. Although you would still have that snitch persona.
Could also be the case that along with legit claims of sexual harassment, that they could be reprimanding him for awkward encounters with how extreme the movement has become. Not necessarily big enough to bring forward earlier, but now the commentary environment on this subject has made it convenient to let it be known now.
A second possibility I'm considering it this is more commonplace on parliament hill than just Hehr. If it's this, then how come the other ones aren't getting heat? Or is this just the beginning?
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Just to be clear, the allegations against Hehr that he has resigned over are all to do with when he was an MLA, not yet in Ottawa.
Some things we are hearing now are coming out of his time as MP but are more the "dont be alone with him" type of stuff and not actual physical/verbal abuse. At least that's how I understand it.