Sen. Marilou McPhedran resigns from ISG, hours before her ISG Senators’ expulsion hearing

Sen. Marilou McPhedran says she 'just cannot bring myself to validate, through my participation, an expulsion hearing process that sets a precedent of procedures unfair to any accused Senator and that seems pre-ordained in its negative outcome for me.'
Senator Marilou McPhedran joined the Independent Senators Group shortly after her appointment to the Chamber by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement from ISG facilitator Yuen Pau Woo. Senator Marilou McPhedran is resigning from the largest group in the Senate, an hour before a closed-door hearing was scheduled to decide whether to expel her from the group for criticizing...

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