Manitoba NDP Removes Backbencher From Caucus Over Nygard Link

A backbencher with Manitoba’s NDP government has been removed from caucus over his link to convicted sex offender Peter Nygard. Caucus chair Mike Moyes says it learned early Monday that a business partner of Mark Wasyliw is acting as Nygard’s criminal defence lawyer. Moyes says Wasyliw was notified of the decision. “Wasyliw’s failure to demonstrate good judgment does not align with our caucus principles of mutual respect and trust,” Moyes said in a statement. “As such MLA Wasyliw can no longer continue his role in our caucus.” Nygard, who founded a fashion empire in Winnipeg, was sentenced earlier this month to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women at his company’s headquarters in Toronto....