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On why Patrick Brazeau was relegated to the dung heap. #cdnpoli http://t.co/99973aKf5j — Frank Magazine (@Frank_Mag) January 15, 2014

Douglas said Brazeau was an unreliable writer who would disappear for a day or two, “not answering emails or telephone calls.”

The editor also said that the senator no-showed on him when the pair was supposed to appear on radio.

Brazeau has not yet publicly commented on his latest job loss.

The senator openly campaigned for work on Twitter after the Senate voted to suspend him and his Conservative-appointed colleagues, Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, in November.

https://twitter.com/TheBrazman/status/406427232882540544

Douglas quickly moved to hire Brazeau, announcing “Senator Patrick Brazeau finally gets a respectable job.”

“Listen, here’s the deal: Frank Magazine exists, to paraphrase a famous quote, to comfort the afflicted, and be a pain [in] the arse to the comfortable,” Douglas wrote at the time.

“And who could possibly be a bigger pain in the arse to, I dunno, just throwin’ out some names here, senators [Marjory] LeBreton, [David] Tkachuk and [Carolyn] Stewart Olsen than their former colleague, Patrick Brazeau? Can’t you just picture it?”

The Halifax-based Frank Magazine is entirely separate from the recently launched Ottawa version with the same name.

Brazeau is also facing charges of assault and sexual assault relating to an incident in February. The Conservatives removed him from their caucus after his arrest.