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Harris’ column had nothing to do with an informed discussion about privilege, says Housakos
By Conservative Senator Leo Housakos September 8, 2020
The report was not suppressed but was actually used as a roadmap by the office of the Senate ethics officer with which to do their work.
Senate committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration meets in the Senate of Canada Building on on May 9, 2019.
PARLIAMENT HILL—I started reading Michael Harris’ column last week, “Senate should stop using privilege to cover up abuses in the Upper Chamber,” (The Hill Times, March 9) about parliamentary privilege with interest because of a recent report published by our Senate Rules Committee, of which I was chair, during the last Parliament. I was also interested because of my recent question to the chair of Senate’s Internal Economy Committee about the number of harassment complaints in the past year that were denied investigation because of privilege. I have yet to receive a suitable answer to that question.
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