Picking up the harassment probe into Don Meredith a mistake, says his lawyer
OTTAWA — The Senate ethics watchdog should have abandoned her investigation into allegations of workplace harassment and bullying when Don Meredith resigned his seat last month, his lawyer argued Monday.
“I just don’t think that it makes any sense and it’s not fair,” said Toronto-based lawyer Bill Trudell.
“He’s gone. He resigned. He did the right thing in the circumstances.”
The fact that Meredith is no longer a senator would normally halt such an inquiry, but Senate ethics officer Lyse Ricard picked things up again last week after the ethics committee recommended she press ahead with the two-year-old probe.