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NEWS ® Continued from page 14 ing statement: "As a father of three, I support the cli- mate that has been created to empower women and girls to come forward and speak out. Patrick Brown's decision to step down to deal with these al- legations was the right one." Oakville PC candidate Stephen Crawford re- leased the following state- ment on Twitter: "As a husband and fa- ther of four daughters I be- lieve it is a good thing that accusations like those against Patrick Brown are taken very seriously. Any- one guilty of taking advan- tage of vulnerable women or abusing power over others should be dealt with in strict accordance with our laws, "The PC.party has a tre- mendous record of service tion." : Meanwhile, Burlington * PC - Everyone . the necessary "People are shaken by this. T was shocked," says Ontario premier to the people of Ontario and 'is much bigger than any 'single member," re- gardless of role or posi: candidate Jane Mec- Kenna tweeted: "Harass- ment of any kind 'has no place in our community, our province and our country. The allegations made against Brown are very troubling. deserves to have their voice heard. | have every confidence that our PC MPPs will take move forward." Oakville = North-Bur- lington PC candidate Effie Triantafilopoulos did not provide comment. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath told the media she was "pretty disgusted" by the allegations against Brown. Before Brown stepped Patrick ° steps to down, his chief of staff, Alykhan Velshi, his cam- . paign manager, Andrew Boddington, his advertis- ing guru, Dan Robertson, and hfs press secretary Nicholas Bergamini re- signed. . Following their depar- tures prominent cam- paign strategists Joshua Workman and Ken Boes- senkool also quit. Their resignations came as tshe Tories have been gearing up for a June 7 election in which they had high hopes of toppling Wynne's Liberals. . The premier said while there.are no plans to delgy the vote, she insisted it was not a day to talk about electoral politics. "People are shaken by this. 1 was shocked," Wynne told reporters at Queen's Park. ~with files fron, the To- ronto Star ai as a] SM EN rrrY TSE Build | he building centre Need A Bigger Toy Box? Here's How. Now i 1s the Hue to Sloot P 'ning for « = Spring nie " i Ral 385 Steeles Ave, E, 905-878-9222 Bring Us your Projects. Big or Small! 8102 '} Arenuged 'Aepsinu] | uoidwey) ueipeued uo | 2 iQ © - 8 'g $i 8 3