Amid controversy, Sen. Don Meredith’s political fate to be determined Wednesday
OTTAWA — The political future of Canada’s latest controversy-shrouded senator will be determined behind closed doors Wednesday as the Senate ethics committee decides what, if anything, to do about Sen. Don Meredith’s relationship with a 16-year-old.
The committee will make its decision with or without Meredith in attendance, and the Senate may do the same when it is asked to vote on the committee’s recommendations.
The committee is meeting amid calls for Meredith to be booted from the upper chamber after a damning report from the Senate ethics officer — and lingering fear that the controversy could undo the chamber’s efforts to recover from years of scandal.
The Senate has never expelled a senator. But the general feeling in the Senate — from senators to a number of female staffers — is that Meredith is no longer welcome there.