Controversial Dryden Senator Lynn Beyak won’t be getting a paycheck for the rest of this parliamentary session.
The Senate of Canada has agreed to suspend Beyak for a second time without pay.
This after she refused to take the mandated anti-racism training the last time she was suspended from the Upper Chamber.
Beyak did apologize Tuesday for failing to take down offensive letters about the residential school system on her website.
However, a majority of First Nations leaders publicly dismissed her apology and demanded her removal from the Senate.
A report from the Senate Ethics Committee suggested she not receive any remuneration or reimbursement of expenses, including any living allowances, and that she be denied access to Senate resources, including office space.
There was no standing vote in the Wednesday decision as the report was adopted “on division”, meaning there was some opposition in the chamber.
A statement reads the suspension will allow Beyak to complete the prescribed training and take time to think about the harm she did to Indigenous people by posting racist letters on her website.
