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TVO is investigating TV host Steve Paikin after allegations of sexual harassment were levied against him by former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson.

Thomson, who ran unsuccessful but headline grabbing campaigns for mayor in 2010 and 2014, made the allegations in a blind post on her website, Women’s Post on Friday.

Thomson—while not naming Paikin directly—says that the incident happened during her candidacy in 2010 and took place during a business lunch between Paikin, herself, and her assistant in regards to possible appearance on Paikin’s show, The Agenda.

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“Not five minutes into the lunch the host asked me if I would sleep with him. My assistant almost spit his drink all over the table. I politely told the host that I loved my husband and would never do that.

I then excused myself, went to the washroom and called my campaign manager,” reads her account.

Steve Paikin is the host of the popular current affairs show, The Agenda, and will not be suspend