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Aside from my many issues with this coverage - having read the court file, there is no indication an “affair” took place between Deron Bilous and Heather Sweet. Bilous’ wife was absolutely fine with this casual relationship that took place while the couple were not together. 2/5
I invite anyone who can to view these documents to see this for themselves. To stretch this into “evidence” that these are the two NDP MLAs who were investigated for sexual misconduct is shoddy journalism - end of story. 3/5
Bilous’ wife said in the court proceedings that the couple were broken up for a short time and that Sweet and Bilous casually dated during that time before the couple decided to get back together. They later got married and are now going through a divorce. 4/5
To take this wildly out of context as evidence of an affair and sexual misconduct - that, had the Rebel actually paid attention, was accepted by Bilous’ wife as totally fine since it was casual dating - is extremely misleading. 5/6
This casual relationship took place about two years before the NDP took government and Sweet wasn't even an MLA. The NDP have said these two investigations took place after they took power, so even the most basic timeline doesn't match up. 6/6
