ISG Senators won’t call for Sen. Beyak’s ouster, after pushing for ethics, spending probes

Getting kicked out of caucus won't cut it for the public, and how it perceives the Senate, says Independent Senator Frances Lankin.

Senator Lynn Beyak, left, has been expelled from the Conservative Senate caucus after refusing to remove offensive letters about Indigenous people from her Senate website. Senators Yuen Pau Woo, Frances Lankin, and André Pratte of the Independent Senators Group are among those who have called for further investigation into her actions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

January 15, 2018

Independent Senators appointed by the Trudeau government say they aren’t trying to get Senator Lynn Beyak kicked out of the Senate—yet—after calling for investigations into her conduct by the Senate ethics officer and Internal Economy Committee last week....

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