Wynne says she dealt with sexual harassment allegations against Liberal MPPs

TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne admits she’s had to deal with allegations of sexual harassment against at least two Liberal members of the provincial legislature.

However, Wynne won’t say who they were, where the allegations came from, or if she asked the alleged offenders to leave the Liberal caucus.

When Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown sent a Tory MPP for sensitivity training after he told a crude, sexist joke, Wynne strongly suggested that Jack MacLaren should have been booted out of the PC caucus.

Wynne has proposed a Code of Conduct for members of the legislature after MacLaren got into hot water, and said today that all members of the Liberal caucus will be given sensitivity training.

The premier said the people who made the sexual harassment allegations against the unnamed Liberal MPPs asked for confidentiality, so she handled the issues in private and won’t comment further.

She said only that: “They have been dealt with.”