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Can you imagine a situation where a Conservative MP facing accusations of impregnating a woman during an affair, hiring her in his office and then firing her at his wife’s insistence and refusing to pay child support wouldn’t be headline news?

I can’t.

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Yet that is the case with Liberal MP Geng Tan, a member of Canada’s first feminist government.

At least that’s what they claim, even if it isn’t how they act.

Tan may have announced just over a week ago that he would not seek re-election — a decision that came after news of the allegations broke in Chinese media — but he is still in the Liberal caucus.

I’ve watched as Liberal MPs have been kicked out for flimsier allegations, their reputations destroyed.

Yet Tan remains in the caucus and continues to tweet out support for Liberal policies despite announcing June 17 he would not seek re-election.

That announcement seemed odd at the time.

Why would someone step down so late in the election cycle?