Hiccup - and he's gone!   No bigee - just an election year.   
      
   Maybe it's wiser to just elect female politicians to get past this "me too"   
   movement in politics?  Then we could concentrate on cleansing the fields of   
   sports, film actors, medicine, education . . . . etc. ?   
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   CBC News Posted: Jan 25, 2018   
      
   Sexual misconduct allegations against Brown a 'hiccup' but won't deter Ontario   
   PC goals, co-deputy leader says   
      
      
   One of Ontario's Progressive Conservative deputy leaders said Thursday the   
   resignation of Patrick Brown over sexual misconduct allegations is "a hiccup"   
   for the leadership, but vowed the party will be ready for the June provincial   
   election and form the    
   next government.   
      
   Sylvia Jones and co-deputy Steve Clark answered reporters' questions hours   
   after Brown stepped down as party leader following a CTV News report that two   
   women made allegations that date back to when Brown was a federal MP   
   representing a Barrie riding.   
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   Ontarians must 'shine a light' on harassment   
      
   Earlier Thursday, Premier Kathleen Wynne responded to Brown stepping down by   
   saying all Ontarians are responsible to "shine a light" on harassment and   
   other behaviour.​   
      
   Wynne gathered reporters in her office shortly before 11 a.m. ET to say   
   Ontarians are "shaken this morning" by what they've heard on the news.   
      
   "They are wondering what's happening and exactly what comes next."   
      
   Wynne said "everyone has a "responsibility to shine a light on behaviours that   
   are unacceptable.   
      
   "It is never OK to harass or assault, to put people in a position where they   
   are victimized. That is never OK."   
      
   Asked whether she believes the two women who have come forward, Wynne replied:   
   "I believe victims when they come forward," adding that she was "shocked" to   
   hear the allegations against Brown.   
      
   Wynne would not answer political questions, including whether she would push   
   back the date of the election. She did say, however, that she would not call   
   it early.   
      
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