18 Facts About Lynn Beyak

Jean Lynn Beyak is a retired Canadian politician who represented Ontario in the Senate of Canada from January 25,2013 to January 25,2021.

Lynn Beyak announced her retirement from the Senate, effective immediately, on January 25,2021.

Lynn Beyak co-owned a General Motors dealership and Ford dealership with her late husband.

Lynn Beyak was previously a candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the Ontario provincial elections of 1995 and 1999, and has served on the Fort Frances-Rainy River board of education.

Lynn Beyak was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2013 by Stephen Harper.

Lynn Beyak sat as a Conservative until being expelled by the Conservative caucus in 2017.

Lynn Beyak said that those findings overshadowed the "good deeds" of "well-intentioned" residential school workers.

However, Lynn Beyak's thoughts were deemed out of line with the Conservative party's history on the subject matter by the party's interim leader Rona Ambrose, who stated it was untenable for her to keep her position on the Aboriginal people's committee due to the misalignment of Lynn Beyak's comments.

Towards the end of December 2017, Lynn Beyak faced considerable social media backlash regarding these letters.

Scheer's spokesperson said this demand was made in a telephone call, but Lynn Beyak denied that Scheer, anyone from his office, or the Senate leadership had asked her to take down a letter.

Lynn Beyak was ordered to remove the racist letters from her Senate website, to make a formal apology for posting the letters in question, and to complete a cultural sensitivity course with an emphasis on Indigenous issues.

Lynn Beyak subsequently refused to remove the letters, and was suspended from the Senate in April, 2019 for the remainder of the parliamentary session.

In January 2020, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators again recommended that Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay for the remainder of the parliamentary session, citing her failure to adequately complete anti-racism training.

The senators approved a report from the standing committee on ethics and conflicts of interest which recommended that Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay for "the rest of the current term".

Lynn Beyak's suspension ended on August 18,2020 when the session was prorogued.

Lynn Beyak listed her residence as Dryden, New York and her occupation as retired, despite still being a sitting member of the Senate and living in Dryden, Ontario.

Lynn Beyak's office claimed that the donation was made in error, and that the money was being refunded.

Lynn Beyak married Tony Beyak on November 28,1970 and they remained married until his death on April 8,2002.