Alberta MLA says he regrets firing woman after she made sex harassment complaint
EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition house leader says he regrets firing an employee after she told him she was being sexually harassed, and says his caucus is committed to ending abuse in the workplace.
“The United Conservative party caucus and myself take harassment at the workplace seriously,” Jason Nixon told the house Tuesday.
“I deeply regret some of the decisions that were made by myself and my organization while handling that human resources issue.”
Nixon was responding to media reports that revealed a British Columbia human rights tribunal ruled in 2008 that Nixon wrongly fired employee Kori Harrison after she complained she was being sexually harassed by a client employing Nixon’s jobsite safety firm.