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Mike Duffy

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Name: Mike Duffy

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Ethics investigations can only go so far: commissioner says

OTTAWA As the federal ethics commissioner readies for a third look at Stephen Harper's former right-hand man, Mary Dawson is reminding Canadians her office can only look so far.The commissioner is examining whether Harper's chief of staff Nigel Wright ... [Published Hamilton Spectator - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Mary Dawson, Mike Duffy, Chief of Staff, Onex Corporation, Investigation

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 10 reports

How to spin a story: lines on the Senate

OTTAWA – Sen. Mike Duffy once showed leadership. Former chief of staff Nigel Wright had the confidence of the prime minister. And Sen. Pamela Wallin’s expenses were comparable to any parliamentarian.That was then. But this – one $90,000 cheque, several ... [Published Global News Canada - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Stephen Harper, Mac Harb, Pamela Wallin, Patrick Brazeau

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

Saskatchewan premier says it's time to abolish the Senate

The Canadian PressPublished Friday, May 24, 2013 5:28PM EDTSASKATOON -- Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, once a staunch supporter of a reformed federal Senate, has given up the fight.Wall says he now believes it would be easier to scrap Parliament's chamber ... [Published CTV News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Brad Wall, Mike Duffy, Saskatoon, Noël Kinsella, Preston Manning

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

NDP excited to grill Harper next week

OTTAWA — The government was hounded Friday over allegations the Prime Minister's Office steered key Tories on a secretive Senate committee to doctor a report into the Mike Duffy spending firestorm.The NDP even accused Duffy of "stealing from taxpayers" ... [Published Lindsay Daily Post - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Duffy, David Tkachuk, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Sanitize

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 6 reports

Stephen Harper

Wright spoke with audit head directly before Duffy bailout

The Prime Minister’s former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, was in close contact with the senator who has been accused of whitewashing an audit of Mike Duffy’s expenses.David Tkachuk, the Conservative senator in charge of the committee overseeing the audit, ... [Published Globe and Mail - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Duffy, David Tkachuk, Stephen Harper, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Do they even know what ethics means?

When Stephen Harper rode his Conservative party to power in 2006, he promised to reform the Senate, and return ethics to politics.He is reforming the Senate at least, because at the current rate of Conservative Senators jumping off (or being pushed) ... [Published Elmira Independent - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Ethical, Stephen Harper, Chief of Staff, distraction

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Conservatives accused of covering for Sen. Mike Duffy

Two key Conservatives on a powerful Senate committee orchestrated the whitewash of a critical report into Sen. Mike Duffy's inappropriate use of tax dollars to soften its findings, opposition MPs said Thursday. ... [Published Sudbury Star - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Powerful, Taxes

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 8 reports

Sen. Tkachuk was in touch with PMO during Senate investigation into Mike Duffy

A debate is still raging over whether Conservatives on a committee reviewing Duffy’s expenses whitewashed their report into the matter.The Conservative senator who chaired the committee looking into Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses says he had discussions with ... [Published Global News Canada - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, David Tkachuk, Investigation, Stephen Harper

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Voters wonât forget Duffy scandal, says local Liberal

NORTH SIMCOE – The senate scandal that has sparked growing anger among Canadians may prove to be Stephen Harper’s downfall, predicts Simcoe North’s federal Liberal riding association president.“This very well could be the beginning of the end,” said Ryan ... [Published Simcoe.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Bruce Stanton, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Of Wright and wrong decisions

The recent scandal over illegitimate expense claims by senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin has cost Prime Minister Stephen Harper, thus far, his chief-of-staff, Nigel Wright.Regardless of the circumstances surroundings the $90,000 cheque gift which ... [Published Cambridge Times Ontario - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, Stephen Harper, Collateral Damage, Fallout

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 8 reports

Liberals demand answers on Senate expenses scandal

Sen. Mike Duffy arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee on Parliament Hill on May 9, 2013 in Ottawa. The federal Liberals are accusing the Harper government of misleading Canadians ... [Published Prince George Citizen - May 23 2013]

Entities: Mike Duffy, Sean Kilpatrick, Chief of Staff, misleading, Ottawa

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 5 reports

Trudeau’s Liberals hit historic highs as senate scandal has ‘drastic effect’ on Tories: poll

With the Conservatives ensnarled in the biggest political scandal in their seven years in government, a new poll suggests Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are en route to winning a massive majority in the next election. More than four in 10 Canadians, 44%, ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 23 2013]

Entities: Justin Trudeau, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Stephen Harper, Mike Duffy

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Paul Russell: Is an ‘honest’ politician an oxym... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 2 hours ago]
More voices on Senate scandal [Published Toronto Star Online - 2 hours ago]
Senate Wrights and wrongs [Published Toronto Star Online - 2 hours ago]
Pondering appropriate response to Senate scandal [Published Brandon Sun - 2 hours ago]
Rex Murphy: The IRS vs. American liberty [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 3 hours ago]
Conrad Black: Scandal-wise, Canada’s got nothin... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 3 hours ago]
The patience of Job [Published Cornwall Standard-Freeholder - 4 hours ago]
ISU study finds more younger Iowans are buying ... [Published Radio Iowa - 5 hours ago]
Ethics investigations can only go so far: commi... [Published Hamilton Spectator - 5 hours ago]
Harper taking humane approach? [Published Barrie Examiner - 6 hours ago]
Not a first for Duffy in the Senate expense sca... [Published 680 News - 8 hours ago]
Opposition demands to know role of Harper’s off... [Published Toronto Star Online - 8 hours ago]
Ethics probe into Wright will have limits [Published Metronews - 9 hours ago]
Saskatchewan premier says it's time to abolish ... [Published CTV News - 9 hours ago]
Sen. Duffy once owed $20,000 to taxman, records... [Published Global News Canada - 9 hours ago]
NDP excited to grill Harper next week [Published Lindsay Daily Post - 9 hours ago]
NDP excited to grill Harper next week [Published Sudbury Star - 9 hours ago]
Considering the scandals plaguing multiple leve... [Published National Post - Top Stories - 10 hours ago]
Senate expense scandal isn’t going away any tim... [Published Yahoo! Canada - 10 hours ago]
How to spin a story: lines on the Senate [Published Global News Canada - 10 hours ago]
There is no easy fix for the Senate on the hori... [Published Toronto Star Online - 10 hours ago]
Political dodgeball: The search for the elusive... [Published Global News Canada - 10 hours ago]
Election Fraud finding by Federal Court points ... [Published Council of Canadians - 10 hours ago]
Infographic: A Senategate cheat sheet [Published Macleans Online - 10 hours ago]
PM’s chief of staff shouldn’t have cut $90K che... [Published Interlake Group - 10 hours ago]
Saskatchewan premier no longer believes Senate ... [Published Newstalk 1290 CJBK - 11 hours ago]
Frank magazine to live again as a political sat... [Published Globe and Mail - 11 hours ago]
Keith Beardsley: Where were the Liberals on the... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 12 hours ago]
Trudeau critical of Harper’s handling of Senate... [Published Globe and Mail - 12 hours ago]
Trudeau defends Liberal senator's handling of t... [Published Rocky Mountain Outlook - 13 hours ago]

Blogs

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Paul Russell: Is an ‘honest’ politician an oxym... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 2 hours ago] Is honesty still a part of politics? That question was at the core of most of the letters we received this week, commenting on the scandals involving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Conservative Senator Mike Duffy. This was also the question of the week ...
Rex Murphy: The IRS vs. American liberty [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 3 hours ago] Our long national Senatorial nightmare is far from over. Even as the Red Chamber’s expenses scandal receives severe competition from Toronto’s bizarre City Hall drug farce, there is promise of new Ottawa inquiries. The Senate scandal’s epicenter, Mike ...
Conrad Black: Scandal-wise, Canada’s got nothin... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 3 hours ago] In this column last week, I urged an end to the harassment of Nigel Wright, then Prime Minister Harper’s chief of staff, and Senator Mike Duffy. Not since I urged the election of Sarah Thomson as mayor of Toronto, bestowing my prophetic wisdom on the ...
Keith Beardsley: Where were the Liberals on the... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - 12 hours ago] The Liberals have released ten questions they would like to have answered on the Duffy affair. I too have questions that I would like to see answered, and some of them raise questions about the Liberals themselves. In my experience with Parliament, ...
Peter Foster: Get Stephen Harper! Duffy ‘affair... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - 19 hours ago] The notion that this was ever an affair that might have justified Stephen Harper’s removal from power is about as unhinged as the CBC’s claim that “accountability changes at the border” Harpergate, the rickety contraption hastily assembled by a team ...

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