Disgraced senator must resign or be sacked
Re Senator Don Meredith has disgraced himself and must resign, March 12 I’m confused! A standing senator uses his power and influence to have a sexual affair with a minor in locations that were being paid for by the taxpayer and he is being asked to resign.
First, why wasn’t this predator criminally charged? Secondly, why wasn’t this senator kicked out of the Senate and put on the first bus to Toronto. Thirdly, why hasn’t the standing government got involved in this? B.C. Lisle, Bowmanville
Reflecting on the $200 Sen. Meredith gave to Ms. M. to get her hair straightened, I can’t help but think about the bounty of fresh fruit and vegetables the sum would have purchased for the disadvantaged youths that he proclaimed to champion. He’s a double-double disgrace. Evelyn C. White, Halifax He should resign. For heaven’s sake! Kathleen Gallagher Ross, Toronto After the recent fiasco with regard to expense claims and now the case of Sen. Don Meredith, it only strengthens the argument for the dissolution of the Senate as we know it.
All present sitting senators should be released from their positions.
I, for one, as a senior, retired and living on a small fixed income, am totally disgusted with Sen. Meredith and who knows how many of the others.
The Senate as we know it is a total waste of money and, apparently, common sense. Jim Fegan, Oshawa I am disappointed with the leniency your editorial treated the senator by asking him to resign. He should be sacked. His resignation should not be accepted.
How could a senator, an ordained pastor and a married father be allowed to get away with this serious offence by allowing him to resign? First, he denied, then he tried to derail the investigation, and when the report was ready, he apparently requested two versions: a sanitized report for public consumption, the other for the Senate.
Is our red chamber so rotten? Muri B. Abdurrahman, Thornhill
“How could a senator, an ordained pastor and a married father be allowed to get away with this serious offence by allowing him to resign?” MURI B. ABDURRAHMAN THORNHILL
I cannot help but reflect on this issue: If this man were not a senator, would he not now be in jail for illegally having sex with a minor? I know of a college teacher who did just that, and got two years in jail. But, of course, he was just an ordinary professor. Sigmund Roseth, Mississauga If the members of the Senate, the Star and the Canadian public find Don Meredith’s behaviour disgusting, maybe it’s time to make it a criminal offence. Phil Beard, Dundas, Ont. The senator’s affair with the teenager who is only 16 years old is very sad. Being a senator and a Pentecostal pastor, Sen. Don Meredith has broken all ethics regarding both positions. Meredith should resign his senator position immediately. The unbelievable story of “the guidance of spiritual advisers” and that he is engaged in continuous prayers of repentance is amusing to read.
I wish to emphasize that no one in this country is above the law of the land. If one breaches the trust and takes advantage of an innocent victim who is only 16, they have to be punished.
The right thing for Meredith to do is tender his resignation and give up his position of Pentecostal pastor.
We Canadians expect senators and members of Parliament to have the highest moral standard. Kingsley George, Markham