LIBERAL HEHR BOOTED TO BACKBENCH. FINALLY

It was way back in early December, an eternity ago in terms of political timelines, when abuse allegations first surfaced against federal Disabilities Minister Kent Hehr.
He had been rude. He had been a boor.
He had condescendingly told a group of thalidomide survivors that “everyone has a sob story,” and he was deaf-eared to a military wife who came to him while he was veterans affairs minister because of a husband suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have dumped Hehr from cabinet way back then, and didn’t