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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh explains why he ejected Saskatchewan MP

Omid Ghoreishi
CAPTION: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he expelled Erin Weir from the party's caucus over sexual harassment allegations and what he says is Weir’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions. Weir has said the move is retaliatory. (May 3, 2018) 1. SOUNDBITE: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh PLACELINE: Ottawa CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has expelled Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from the caucus over sexual harassment claims and what he says is Weir's refusal to take responsibility for his actions. Weir, however, said the move is in retaliation for his own claim that the harassment complaint levelled against him in January was not only unfounded, but a politically motivated attempt to punish him. Singh said in a statement today that a third-party investigation ``found one claim of harassment and three claims of sexual harassment were sustained by the evidence.
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