Chris Collins usually rules on the conduct of others when he serves as Speaker of the New Brunswick legislature, but Monday a committee announced that harassment allegations against Collins to be “founded in part.”

The committee met Monday for a little over two hours before Deputy Speaker Bernard Leblanc came out to read a written statement.

“The legislative administration committee has received a summary of findings from the investigator and it concludes the complaint of harassment against Speaker Collins was founded in part and there was a violation of the province of New Brunswick workforce harassment policy. We will have no further comment on this matter at this time and we will not be taking questions,” Leblanc said.

“The investigation was conducted in an impartial and fair manner,” LeBlanc said of the probe led by Leslie MacLeod. “It was extensive and is now complete.”

Premier Brian Gallant's office put out a written statement saying it expected “the appropriate remedy to be determined by the appropriate authority within the legislative branch.”

"We take any allegations of harassment seriously and must always work to ensure we have safe and respectful workplaces," the Liberal premier said.

The name of the complainant and details of the allegations have yet to be released.

Gallant announced in early April that Collins was being suspended from the Liberal caucus, saying the premier's office had been made aware of potential allegations of harassment in February, but the complainant didn't come forward with allegations until two months later.

 In May, Collins announced he would sit as an Independent while pursuing a case of libel and slander against the provincial government.

Collins's lawyer, T.J. Burke, has said his client was given no information about the nature of the allegation but would fight them "tooth and nail."

The member for Moncton Centre said Gallant's decision to suspend him was done without any concern for his rights or those of the complainant.

“I was placed upon the altar of public consumption then and there, for reasons not yet completely clear," Collins wrote in May.

Collins said he has never seen a human resources matter handled in this manner, saying the actions of the premier have damaged his political opportunities in the provincial election set for Sept. 24.

First elected to the provincial legislature in a 2007 by-election, Collins had previously served three years as a Moncton city councillor. He was briefly minister of local government under former Liberal premier Shawn Graham, and was elected Speaker after the Liberals returned to power in September 2014 under Gallant.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Nick Moore and The Canadian Press.