On October 1st, 2015, the Senate Ethics Officer suspended her review of the complaint, under the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators, concerning Senator Don Meredith regarding the alleged two year relationship with a teenager as reported in the Toronto Star on June 17, 2015 pending the outcome of an investigation into this same matter by another authority.
Under paragraph 52(1)(b) of the Code, the Senate Ethics Officer may suspend her review of a matter if it is under investigation by another authority and that authority requests that the review be suspended.
The Senate Ethics Officer is of the view that, in this case, it is in the public interest to comply with this request in order to avoid interfering with the other authority’s ongoing investigation.
The Senate Ethics Officer has no further comments about this matter at this time.