Claude-Eric Gagne, senior PMO staffer, resigns following investigation

MONTREAL — A top-ranking official in the prime minister’s office resigned from his position Friday, following an investigation into allegations of “inappropriate behaviour.”

Claude-Eric Gagne had been on leave since Nov. 1 from his job as deputy director of operations, as a third-party investigator looked into the allegations.

A PMO spokeswoman says the investigation by Rubin Thomlinson, a prominent employment law firm, has concluded, and Gagne no longer works in the office.

In a Facebook message to The Canadian Press, Gagne says he “fully collaborated” with the investigation, and he “firmly” denies the allegations.