The Senate's administrative committee said in a statement today it regrets that some staff of former senator Don Meredith were harassed and sexually harassed by him while they were in his employ.
The committee is also exploring financial compensation for the women who were targeted by Meredith, who resigned from the Senate in 2017.
"Workplace harassment of any kind is unacceptable and has no place in the Senate of Canada," said Marwah. Meredith had already resigned two years earlier, following a separate investigation and recommendations by the Senate's ethics committee that he be expelled for using his position of power to pursue a sexual relationship with a teenager.
In February the group heard testimony from some of the staff. On Thursday, the committee accepted recommendations to issue a "formal statement of regret" and hire an outside expert to determine appropriate compensation.
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