Thibault in hot water after ’sexist’ comment about Senator

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From this morning’s Ottawa Citizen:

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Robert Thibault is again being called on to retract and apologize for more controversial comments, this time in reference to Conservative Senator Marjory LeBreton.

In an article published in yesterday’s Hill Times, the Nova Scotia MP refers to the senior Tory, who is leader of the government in the Senate, as an idiot and says she “should go back to making tea for Brian Mulroney and stay out of serious people’s business.”

After being accused last week of making ageist comments, Mr. Thibault is now being criticized for making sexist remarks.

“It is absolutely a sexist comment,” said Françoise Gagnon, executive director of Equal Voice, a non-partisan group that aims to involve more women in politics.

“Comments like these are not helpful to the image of Parliament as a whole,” she said. “It just doesn’t reflect the hard work and the positive contributions that are being made by all members and there’s just no place for sexism.”

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