Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin resigns from the Canadian Senate, according to her Senate biography and reporting from multiple outlets. The move takes effect before the mandatory retirement age, which would otherwise have required her to step down later.
All sources describe Wallin as a Senate appointee of former prime minister Stephen Harper. Global News notes that Wallin was caught up in the Senate’s 2013 expense scandal, but was never criminally charged. BNN Bloomberg and City News Toronto focus on the resignation announcement, while Global News provides additional background on the earlier controversy and its outcomes.
