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The Senate took an extraordinary step on Thursday, when it moved a motion seeking to suspend all three recently scandalized senators without pay, regardless of the fact that none of them have been formally charged of any wrongdoing so far, while one of them also expects to take a medical leave. It has now become a common knowledge that the RCMP is investigating allegations of misspending against senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin.
In its first session after the break on Thursday afternoon, the senate heard the government leader in the Senate, Claude Carignan, propose that all three scandalized senators should be suspended without pay due to “gross negligence” in their use of taxpayer dollars. Carignan explained that these suspensions are being sought to protect the dignity of the Senate, along with the public trust in the chamber, which has considerably decreased after revelations of misspending and ethical lapses by some of its members.
Even though neither of the senators has been officially charged by the Mounties, their colleagues in the Senate are now scheduled to vote on whether they should be removed from the red chamber until the end of the parliamentary session, i.e. anticipated in the fall of 2015 at the time of next federal election. According to current Senate rules, the upper chamber has the right to protect itself, even if it means withdrawing the parliamentary privileges of its members. Neither among Duffy, Wallin or Brazeau was present in the Senate but the motions to suspend all three were introduced.
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