‘We need a surgical tool to cure this particular breach of ethics code,’ says McCoy as Senate poised to eject Meredith

The Senate will sit on Monday to expedite the process on the potential expulsion of Sen. Don Meredith from the Red Chamber.

Senators will vote this week to decide if Toronto Independent Sen. Don Meredith should be expelled from the Red Chamber for violating the Senate ethics code.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

May 8, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—The Senator who leads 35 Independent Senators in the Upper Chamber says it "grieves" her to eject a fellow Senator, but GTA Ind. Sen. Don Meredith’s breach of the Senate's ethics and conflict of interest code was so serious it will need a “surgical tool to cure it.” “I...

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