Senate colleagues urge Don Meredith to quit over sexual relationship with teen
OTTAWA — Colleagues of all political stripes pilloried Don Meredith and urged the controversial Conservative senator to give up his Senate seat Friday following an explosive ethics investigation of his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
Sen. Peter Harder, the Liberal government’s point man in the Senate, denounced Meredith’s conduct as disturbing, unacceptable and an affront to Canadian standards of decency as he urged him to step down for the sake of his family.
Even those who once defended Meredith described being fed up, saying the only honourable thing for him to do was never set foot in the Senate again.
Harder said Meredith’s resignation would ensure he didn’t drag himself, his family, the woman he was romantically involved with and the Senate as a whole through the mud — a fate Harder suggested Meredith should want to avoid.