A lawyer representing embattled Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla said allegations levelled at her and her family that they mistreated three Filipinas hired as domestic workers are false and suggested they were made as a part of an organized campaign by Dhalla's political opponents to discredit her.
“Whoever has decided to target her has made a grievous error,” said lawyer Howard Levitt. “The allegations are absolute nonsense.”
Dhalla, making her first public appearance since the allegations were published in a Toronto newspaper, asked Canadians — and the media — for patience.
“Please, hold judgment — and give my family privacy as we go through this due process as the facts and the truth come light,” Dhalla said, reading from a prepared statement. [Read the rest of the story]
There's a shocker.