PHOTOS: Sen. Mike Duffy arrives at the courthouse for the final day of his trial in April 2016 in this screenshot. A couple of hours later he would look considerably happier. Below: Nigel Wright, Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff at the time of the events for which
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Politics and its Discontents: This And That
The start of a new week inspires me to look back on the one past; thanks to an array of editorial cartoonists, it was a week not kind to our outgoing (one hopes) prime minister: Government for all Canadians, not just the wealthy, offers this intriguing clip from the past.
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H/t Theo Moudakis And this from Star letter-writers: Re: Duffy scandal dogs Harper, Aug. 17 Liars. There are many types, just as there are many kinds of lies – white, boastful, malicious, and the Big Lie. This last kind can perhaps be used successfully only by one class of liar
Continue readingMind Bending Politics: Harper’s House of Cards is Falling Down
If you haven’t tuned into the Duffy trial over the past week, than you are living under a rock, or you’re missing one of the best political dramas in Canadian history. The cross examination of Nigel Wright in Senator Mike Duffy’s trial over inappropriate expenses, is becoming quite interesting to many Canadians. Canada seems to […]
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Smoking Gun, What Smoking Gun?
(Your Punchline Here) The oh so Conservative Senate is trying to prevent the audit into senators’ residency qualifications from being exposed in court in the Duffy bribery/corruption trial. What’s that? There are more Mike Duffy’s in the Senate? Perhaps even including the Harper henchwoman sent to tar and feather Duffy
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