The lawyer hired to look into the issue says the party lacked protocols to probe the accusations.
OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada is adding more detailed police checks to its vetting of candidates and creating a specific policy for handling complaints made against MPs and candidates.
Dykstra, who represented the southern Ontario riding of St. Catharines for nearly a decade, denies doing anything wrong. He lost his seat in the election before the allegations were made public. She said the party did ask its lawyer to make inquiries about the matter, which included a chat with Dykstra and another senior political staffer. But the party did not try to get any information from the woman who made the allegations — who had asked for privacy — and Nielsen said the inquiries made of Dykstra were not good enough.
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