be revealed in court if she pressed charges, so she did not. The Senate probe began anew, and Meredith was interviewed twice under oath. Ricard did not believe Meredith, according to her report.

Text and other messages were part of the investigation.

The probe by Ricard continued into 2016. When her report was sent to Meredith in early 2017, the senator asked for her to redact many of the intimate details of the relationship for privacy reasons. Ricard declined.

All in all, it was just under two months shy of two years. Ms. M (an advanced student) graduated from her studies during that time and is pursuing a career outside of Ottawa.

In several meetings, the standing committee on ethics and conflict of interest considered what to do with Don Meredith. Insign

a statement admitting that he had told Barnes he was being

recommended, showed Barnes the email, and subsequently lied about

both events. In October 2003, Richard was demoted to a non-

managerial position, Radio Frequency Performance Engineer II.

This demotion entailed a salary decrease from $78,000 to $65,000,

which, after an initial oversight, went into effect in February

2004.

     On February 24, 2004, Richard called Cingular’s Ethics Line

and complained that he had been “forced to unfairly disregard an

African-American candidate” (Barnes) and that his demotion had

been in retaliation for his initial recommendation of Barnes.

Cingular investigated this complaint and concluded that the facts

                             