Speaker clears way for Senate to unplug Sen. Beyak’s website

Senate Speaker George Furey today ruled against unaffiliated Senator Lynn Beyak’s question of privilege, allowing debate to continue on a motion for the Senate to stop supporting Sen. Beyak’s website.

In a Thursday ruling, Senate Speaker George Furey said the complaint of Senator Lynn Beyak, left, didn’t meet the test of a breach of her privilege. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

March 22, 2018

Debate on a motion in the Red Chamber to remove Senator Lynn Beyak’s website from Senate servers is going ahead, after Speaker George Furey ruled Thursday that the motion was not a breach of Sen. Beyak’s parliamentary privilege. The ruling by Sen. Furey (Newfoundland and Labrador) comes a day a...

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