The lawyer representing a former senator charged with sexual assault said Thursday it’s “troubling” the Senate voted to strip his client of the title of Honourable while a process is ongoing in court.
The upper chamber voted this week to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to take the title away from Meredith as well as other former senators who had been indicted and convicted of a crime.
Meredith resigned from the Senate amid allegations of sexual misconduct in 2017 and Ottawa police charged him with sexual assault and criminal harassment in October.
Mustafa Sheikh said his client intends to fight the charges against him….