OTTAWA—Despite campaigning on a Liberal platform packed with promises to support gender equality and secure women’s rights, Leader Justin Trudeau continues to face questions over his party’s commitment to feminism, just as one of the party’s Ontario candidates is contending with multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
In a CBC News report published Tuesday, several anonymous sources allege that candidate Raj Saini, currently seeking re-election in Kitchener Centre, previously engaged in unwanted sexual advances and made inappropriate comments toward female staffers.
Saini has denied the allegations, but opposition parties on the hustings have seized on the fact that some incidents were reportedly shared with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in 2015. The Liberal party says it has “no records or knowledge” of that matter.
