25-08-2017 21:08 via thestarphoenix.com

Invoking dead husband in online criticism crosses line, senator from Saskatchewan says

OTTAWA — For the second time this summer, a Conservative senator from Saskatchewan has been told on social media that she is only in the upper chamber because her husband died by suicide.
Denise Batters says she is accustomed to a certain level of personal criticism online, but bringing in the memory of her husband, former MP Dave Batters, crosses a line.
The first incident was on Facebook in late June, two days before the anniversary of Dave’s death, and the senator saw the second o
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