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(Senators are required to list the name, though not the amount of assets they hold valued at $10,000 or more, as well as the names of any entity from which they receive income of $2,000 or more.)

DMSS was formed in 2013, with Meredith and Sam listed as directors, along with Toronto immigration lawyer Osborne Barnwell, according to corporate records.

Under the Senate ethics code, senators are not allowed to use their positions to advance their private business interests or those of other people.

Neither Meredith nor Sam responded to calls and emails requesting comment. Daniel, who is currently running for re-election in the riding of Don Valley North, is not doing media interviews until after the federal election, his office said Thursday.

Meredith also accompanied Sam and other business people on a trip to Jamaica in August 2014, according to a report on the Jamaica Observer website. Rabea Allos, who was listed as president of a company called Vertility Oil & Gas, travelled with them, according to the website.

Meredith listed shares in the Vertility group of companies among his assets in this October 2013 ethics disclosure statement. The holding was not listed in his 2014 disclosure and it is unclear when or if he divested the holding.

Meredith was appointed to the Senate in 2010 on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was kicked out of the Conservative Party caucus in June after a Toronto Star report alleged he had a sexual relationship with a teenager. He is also under investigation by the Senate for alleged harassment, according to a CTV report.