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Originally Posted by Rerun

I have a question...

Why are the Liberal Senators so against the suspension of the three Senators (none of which are Liberals by the way)?

I've heard that some say its because its against their constitutional rights to be suspended without pay. I call BS because people get suspended all the time from their jobs without pay, when there appears to be serious wrong doing.

What is really the Liberals secret agenda?

Must be all Liberals.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sena...ters-1.2223600

Senate debate over suspensions reveals Tory dissenters

The motions to suspend Senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin are "at the very least premature," Conservative Senator Don Plett said Thursday, making it clear he will not support them.
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Plett, the former president of the Conservative Party, and a powerful voice in the party, said suspending the three and stripping them of income would set a precedent that would allow the Senate to suspend any senator who is "an irritant."
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Plett's position echoes that of fellow Conservative Hugh Segal, although Segal's attempt to have the motions dismissed because of lack of due process and fairness was disallowed by the Senate speaker.

Segal, his voice rising, accused the Senate of "committing professional capital punishment on our colleagues," adding, while he believes the Senate has the power to discipline senators, it has to take action that is "mean, arbitrary and cruel."
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Another Conservative voice protesting the motions is Alberta MP Peter Goldring. In the foyer of the House of Commons, Goldring told reporters he is considering appealing to the Governor General on the grounds he considers the motions unconstitutional.

Goldring said he is also lobbying Conservative senators to reject the motions to suspend the three senators. "I talked to some principal ones this morning and I'll be going back to my office to do more on it," he said.
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One Conservative senator, Don Meredith, has said he supports a Liberal motion to have the matter sent to committee for further study.