Lynn Beyak
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Lynn Beyak announces she’s leaving the Senate, continues residential school defenceSenator Lynn Beyak has repeatedly come under fire for arguing residential schools provided a positive experience for Indigenous Canadians, despite horrific abuse.CanadaJan 25, 2021
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Senator introduces motion to give Lynn Beyak the first-ever boot from SenateBeyak was initially suspended from the Senate in May of 2019 when she refused to remove letters from her website that have been widely condemned as racist.PoliticsDec 8, 2020
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First Nations coalition speaks out against call to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak’s suspensionThe group, which includes several First Nations grand chiefs and regional chiefs, say they do not accept the apology she gave last month and insist she must resign.CanadaJul 2, 2020
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Senate committee says Lynn Beyak’s suspension should be lifted after anti-racism courseThe Senate Ethics committee says Beyak has acknowledged the wrongs of her past conduct and committed herself to improvement after taking a four-day program to educate herself about Indigenous historyCanadaJun 22, 2020
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Senate votes to suspend Lynn Beyak for 2nd time over racist letters posted to her websiteThe Senate has voted to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time over derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples posted on her website.CanadaFeb 27, 2020
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Independent senators push for another Lynn Beyak suspension, despite apologySen. Yuen Pau Woo, leader of the Independent Senators Group, says that her apology Monday to fellow senators on her racism towards Indigenous Peoples wasn't enough for her to avoid another suspension.PoliticsFeb 26, 2020
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‘Divisive and unacceptable’: Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist Indigenous lettersThe letters she received and published online, which were in support of Canada's residential school system, also included suggestions that Indigenous Peoples and their culture were inferior.CanadaFeb 25, 2020
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Métis leader says Sen. Lynn Beyak should resign for claiming to be IndigenousThe reported comments were made when Beyak identified herself as Metis and reasoned this was because her parents adopted an Indigenous child, who became her sister.CanadaFeb 4, 2020
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Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak should be suspended again: ethics committeeLynn Beyak's colleagues ousted her from the upper chamber temporarily last spring after condemning as racist several letters she had posted to her website.CanadaJan 31, 2020
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Lynn Beyak says she’s ready for Senate duty following suspension over racist lettersBeyak, who represents Ontario, posted those letters among many others supporting her view that some Indigenous people had positive experiences in residential schools.PoliticsNov 27, 2019
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