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Criticism of Erin Weir off the mark

In her Sept. 10 commentary, Angella MacEwen repeats the same sloppy arguments the federal NDP is using to justify its mistreatment of Regina-Lewvan MP Erin Weir.

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She falsely accuses Erin of “calling the charges ‘trumped up’ and identifying one of the women who had come forward.” In fact, he never identified any of the complainants and none of their names have ever been reported anywhere.

Erin did state, “I object to the use of backroom procedural tactics — and now a trumped-up harassment complaint — to shut down democratic debate in the New Democratic Party.”

Erin was clearly referring to one single complaint, not to all the “charges” or “accusations” (plural). He was not referring to the three complaints that were lumped together and called sexual harassment. He never addressed those complaints until their existence was released by Jagmeet Singh, days after the above quote. As reported by the media, the only comment Erin has ever directed to those three complainants is to publicly apologize for inadvertently making them feel uncomfortable and offering to enter into conciliation with anyone who wanted to.