Yesterday, another bombshell in the Leg in the ongoing Murdoch Carriere scandal.
Hansard (pdf).
Ms. Draude: — Mr. Speaker, the Saskatchewan Party has received a signed statement from a woman who used to work in the Environment department in Regina. She reports a number of incidents involving Murdoch Carriere. The first one happened in 1994. She said she was called into a meeting with Murdoch Carriere and then she said, and I quote:
“Not having any reason to distrust Mr. Carriere, I concurred. Mr. Carriere was hiding behind the door and he jumped out and grabbed me and kissed me directly on the mouth. When he removed his lips, he said “just wanted you to know what brown lips taste like.”
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Ms. Draude: — Mr. Speaker, this woman’s statement goes on to detail how the incident was handled by this government. She says, and I quote:
“Later that day, I went in to our Deputy Minister and informed him of the situation. [And] the . . . reaction was “oh, that’s just Murdoch.” When I had time to think about the situation more thoroughly and to recover from the shock . . . I told my supervisor. [And] his reaction was basically the same — [oh] “. . . that’s just Murdoch.”
Mr. Speaker, this incident way back in 1994 was reported to Murdoch Carriere’s superiors. Why was it ignored by your government?
The alleged incidents took place 8 years before Carriere was terminated due to multiple sexual harrassment complaints. He was later convicted of assault.
More here.
Well I suppose the victims could ‘sue’ the settlement away from Murdoch
“. . . that’s just Murdoch.”
IIRC – Kate said somewhere that Murdoch Carriere was such a great public servant that when he “retired” that he had to be replaced with more than 1000 normal public servants.