Will Don Meredith Become The First Senator In Canadian History To Be Expelled?

For the first time in it's history, the Senate may vote to expel a sitting member.

Embattled Senator Don Meredith, a 52-year old Pentecostal minister from Richmond Hill, was involved in an two-year extra-marital relationship with a minor, with whom he may have engaged in sexual intercourse before she turned 18 – Meredith denies this.  She was 16 years old when the relationship began, apparently in the form of "flirtatious online chatting" (see here).  He did not face criminal charges (see here).

On Tuesday, the Senate Ethics Committee recommended that he be expelled (see the official report here).  This was an unprecedented step in the Canadian context – so uncharted was this path, that the committee, in fact, had to establish whether it even had the authority to do so.  As explained by the Globe and Mail, "The committee ultimately accepted the legal opinion ... that the Constitution confers on the upper house the same privileges enjoyed by the United