Canada: Sikh MP fights back against nanny abuse allegations
May 20, 2009
Toronto: A lawyer for embattled Indian Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla, who has been accused of exploitation by her three nannies, Friday called the charges 'an organised' conspiracy to destroy her political career.
In their public allegations - which has now come to be known as Canada's nannygate - the three Filipino nannies have said they were forced to work for long hours and underpaid at Dhalla's home. They have said that their passports were taken away and they were asked to do non-nanny jobs like washing cars, cleaning shoes and shoveling snow.
At a news conference at her office Friday, 35-year-old Dhalla, who represents the Indian-dominated constituency of Brampton-Springdale on the outskirts of Toronto, said she had been 'shocked'' and 'devastated'' by the allegations.
Manoramaonline.com
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