OTTAWA—A Conservative MP is stepping down from Canada’s fledgling National Security Committee after he says he sent sexually explicit messages and a video to an unknown source. Conservative MP Tony Clement said he is resigning from some of his duties after sending sexually explicit images and a video of himself to an individual or a party he claims targeted him for the purposes of financial extortion. It’s unclear if Raitt will sit on the National Security Committee, a brand new and tightly-guarded body to provide civilian oversight of Canada’s national security apparatus. Still, Clement has been a stalwart of Ontario Progressive Conservative and federal Conservative politics for decades. He ran against Stephen Harper to lead the new Conservative Party back in 2004, and remains highly regarded at Queen’s Park, where he was a PC MPP from 1995 to 2003.

Source: thestar November 07, 2018 01:08 UTC