\u0027It\u0027s not your goddamned city just because you have a six\u002Dfigure salary and you work 20 hours a week,\u0027 Sen. Michael MacDonald said of Ottawa residents
He said the senator’s request to not be filmed showed “an intentional failure to exercise dignified reserve and restraint.”
The watchdog asked MacDonald to undertake three actions, two of which he followed: an apology in the chamber that would also be posted on social media.Article content His lawyer claimed that the request violated the special rights held by senators and MPs, known as parliamentary privilege, as well as the independence of the Senate. In a letter to the ethics office, the lawyer called it “an insidiously coercive example of compelled speech.”Article content
MacDonald eventually sought to have a Senate committee take up the issue, which the office said would undermine the investigation process, which is supposed to be kept confidential and free of political interference.Article content Legault found MacDonald further undermined the code’s requirement to act “with dignity, honour and integrity” while undertaking parliamentary duties, because of his repeated refusal to comply with the investigation. For that reason, the officer is now recommending “sanctions of penalties by the Senate” against MacDonald.
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