Caroline Mulroney has faced sexist attacks that are “beyond the pale” in recent days over her role as attorney general and the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause, says the minister responsible for women’s issues. Ontario’s Attorney General Caroline Mulroney, with Lisa MacLeod, the minister responsible for women’s issues to her right during question period in the legislature. MacLeod says Mulroney has faced criticism that is “sexist and misogynistic” in her role as attorney general and the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause. The attorney general’s father, former prime minister Brian Mulroney, would not wade in on the current controversy, but did publicly say he does not approve of the use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause. MPP Lindsey Park (Durham) said some NDP MPPs and protesters “continue to ask questions like why our attorney general is not taking her father’s advice and why she’s somehow silent and submissive in our PC caucus.

Source: thestar September 17, 2018 22:07 UTC