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Manitoba politician targeted by bathroom camera creeper

Nahanni Fontaine says she was violated in a Winnipeg washroom. <em>(John Woods/Canadian Press)</em>
Nahanni Fontaine says she was violated in a Winnipeg washroom. (John Woods/Canadian Press)

Manitoba MLA Nahanni Fontaine claims someone tried to film her in a Winnipeg washroom while she was visiting the Johnston Terminal building on Tuesday morning.

The politician took to Facebook to warn her friends about the “pervert idiot” who slid their camera phone beneath the door of the toilet cubicle she was occupying.

“I’m just sitting there and I notice some shadow and I’m thinking there’s somebody waiting to use the bathroom. And then all of a sudden, a white Apple camera, square camera, slides under the door,” Fontaine told CBC News.

“It took me a couple of seconds [to realize what was happening] and then all of a sudden I just screamed because I was instantaneously furious. I screamed profanities and as I did that the camera slipped back out.”

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Fontaine finished up as quickly as she could. She tried to chase the culprit, who made a stealthy escape.

“I went running. I called my assistant right away, and we went running everywhere across The Forks trying to find [the person] and no luck,” she said.

“I immediately got enraged that somebody would violate my space like that, not only for my personal space but all kinds of women and little girls use this bathroom.”

CBC reports that Fontaine will pursue the matter by filing an official police report.

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A spokesperson for Marwest Management, the company that manages the Johnston Terminal, said there are plans to install surveillance outside the washroom, but for Fontaine it’s too little, too late.

“I just happened to be looking at the door. If I wasn’t looking at the door, I wouldn’t have noticed it. I’m not even sure if he got anything,” she said.

“If he did film anything, it would be me screaming profanities.”

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