Senators to decide on Beyak’s fate this fall, Pate says Beyak should resign seat and offer to make way for someone Indigenous

If the option were available, and if most Senators are in favour of lifting the suspension, Senator Kim Pate says she would prefer that Sen. Beyak be accepted back under a probationary period.
Non-affiliated Senator Lynn Beyak was suspended again from the Senate in February. A Senate committee has now recommended that her suspension be lifted after she completed her second anti-racism course.
With the fate of suspended Senator Lynn Beyak likely not to be decided until the fall, some Senators say they want to hear from her and their colleagues before making a decision, while one is "upset" that the committee charged with outlining remedies has recommended t...

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