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Juana Ines de la Cruz was a 17th century Mexican nun, women’s activist, poet and scholar.

She wasn’t describing New Democratic Party MP Christine Moore when she wrote, “Has anyone seen a stranger moral fervor? You who dirty the mirror cry that it isn’t clean.”

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But it’s a magnificent fit nonetheless.

Until Tuesday, Moore might have appeared the feminist conscience on Parliament Hill, a job to which she appointed herself.

Just recently, it was she who in the modern parlance “called out” fellow MP Erin Weir when he sent out an email in January asking for support in his quest to become the NDP caucus chair.

In reply, and Moore appears to have hit “reply all”, she accused him of being “the last person in caucus I would like to see get that position. “There is too many women (mostly employee) complaint to me that you are harassing to them and as a woman I would not feel comfortable to meet with you alone.”

With these vague complaints, Moore set in motion Weir’s temporary suspension from caucus, the usual secret lawyer’s “investigation” of the allegations, and last week, Weir’s expulsion from caucus by leader Jagmeet Singh.