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Two NDP MPs who brought forward allegations of harassment feel blindsided by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s move to go public with the information against their wishes, the NDP says.

Nycole Turmel, NDP whip, said Thursday one of the alleged victims found out through social media that her allegations had become public and that an investigation was being sought.

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One of the alleged victims had come to Turmel previously to discuss misconduct allegations, but didn’t want them to become public, Turmel told the Postmedia News. NDP leader Tom Mulcair echoed her remarks at a press conference, saying the alleged victims had a “strong desire to keep this confidential.

“That was their request and we were not about to override that and make them victims a second time,” Mulcair said in Whitby, Ont.

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“Anyone who went against that (request) would, of course, be running the risk of making them becoming victims a second time.”