Former employee sues MP Yasmin Ratansi, claims she fired him for attending abortion
A former employee of Yasmin Ratansi is suing the member of Parliament for $2 million, claiming Ratansi verbally abused him on multiple occasions, made a derogatory remark about his girlfriend and fired him for attending an abortion in 2017.
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Posted: Apr 14, 2021 4:16 PM ET | Last Updated: April 14
A former staffer in MP Yasmin Ratansi s office is suing her for $2 million, claiming she verbally abused him on multiple occasions.(Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Canadian NGO says Ottawa s recent purchase of civilian version of military drone implicitly rewards Israel
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Pro-Palestinian groups are urging the Canadian government to cancel a $36m purchase of an Israeli-made civilian maritime surveillance drone amid concerns over the drone maker s record on human rights.
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) said Ottawa s recent purchase of the Hermes 900 StarLiner unmanned aircraft system bolsters the profits of an Israeli weapons company which builds drones to monitor and target Palestinian civilians under occupation .
Posted: Mar 08, 2021 5:58 PM ET | Last Updated: March 9
Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi has been ordered to reimburse the House of Commons for employing her sister.(Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Members of Parliament are ordering former Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi to reimburse the House of Commons more than $9,000 after determining she breached parliamentary rules by employing her sister in her constituency office for more than three years using public funds.
The secretive Board of Internal Economy, the governing body for the House of Commons that controls Parliament s spending, made the decision during an in-camera meeting on Feb. 25.
The chair of the board, Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota, confirmed in a statement a three-month-long review of the matter has concluded. The board decided Ratansi must pay back termination and severance pay amounts, totalling $9,391.27, that were paid to her sister when her employment was terminated, according to the stateme
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Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi is being ordered to repay the House of Commons money given to her sister after she lost her job in Ratansi’s Toronto riding office.
Ratansi left the Liberal caucus in November after admitting she had employed her sister as a constituency assistant in her riding of Don Valley East, saying she “made an error.”