PMO paid for Duffy's fraud

[On Guard for Thee]

I saw that same interview, and I found her credible and so I also felt concerned for the very same reasons you pointed out. It seems a bit unfair in this whole scheme were the boss still gets his benefits, she get's nothing, and what the hell did she do wrong? This whole thing is garbage and it starts with Harper, and the garbage will end up smelling up his own doorstep. It already is.

I forgot to mention, at the end of that interview as you may recall, she was asked what she might ask Harper were she face to face with him, and the first thing she said was "have you read the Deloitte Touche report" Well I'm sure he has, and that's why the tabled report is so heavily redacted. I'm so sick of Harper. There's a very good reason he won't answer a question.

[GostHacked]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/rcmp-documents-allege-nigel-wright-broke-the-law-by-cutting-duffy-90-000-cheque-1.1551905

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff is facing fresh allegations he broke the law by cutting a $90,000 cheque to Sen. Mike Duffy.

But Nigel Wright told the Mounties that Harper was unaware of his decision to personally pay back Duffy's ineligible expense claims.

A new information to obtain a production order by RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton says Nigel Wright "did, without the consent in writing of the head of the branch of government, pay a reward or confer an advantage or benefit on Mike Duffy."

Not sure what else I can add to this.

[Guest Derek L]

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/rcmp-documents-allege-nigel-wright-broke-the-law-by-cutting-duffy-90-000-cheque-1.1551905

Not sure what else I can add to this.

I think these two passages say it all:

But Nigel Wright told the Mounties that Harper was unaware of his decision to personally pay back Duffy's ineligible expense claims.

and

Wright says he did not file any expense claims while working in the PMO, and estimated he was out of pocket for "tens of thousands of dollars" as a result.

Wright says he told Gerstein and Chris Woodcock, then the PMO's director of issues management, of his decision to repay Duffy's expenses. Duffy says he did not tell Harper of his decision.

[Smallc]

Case closed I'd say.

[PIK]

It should have been a long time ago. To try and bring down a gov over small shit like this is a joke and makes this country look foolish, especially to the othe countries that wished harper was thier leader. It is time to get off this senate thingy and the ford thingy for now and start putting the pressure on justin and his outragous comments, like the repealing the minimum sentence for molesters. Or is this the media party's plan to keep the light off of justin?

[Smallc]

I don't hate Harper or anything, but, really, how many people in other countries know who he is, never minds anything him to be their leader?

[On Guard for Thee]

Yes and it sure got worse today. Just watched QP and Harper's flailing has gone from laughable to irritating to just plain sad. Between him and his parliamentary secretary one can easily be reminded of another scandal going on in another big city a bit farther west. Oh wait, didn't Harper campaign with Rob Ford?

[Topaz]

Just because Wright says that the PM didn't know about the personal cheque doesn't mean the PM didn't know. Harper is not the kind of boss NOT to keep tabs what is going on and he probably has someone, like his lawyer as a go between so he could say I didn't know. Wright says he was within the law, so that could mean he had permission from someone to go ahead. IF/when this goes to court, I imagine Harper is going to have to open and if he still says the same thing, and Wright lawyer knows different.....Harper could be caught lying. IF jail time is the results, I think more people are going to open up with what they know. Harper is doing a "Clinton" play on words and his Par. Sec. needs a break, he's really nasty, just makes matters worse.

[Smallc]

Just because he said Harper didn't know...certainly doesn't mean that he did know.

[On Guard for Thee]

Sooner or later people from the PMO will end up in court under oath. I hope Harper is one of them, and I hope it's sooner rather than later so we can get to the truth and then perhaps get some value for our tax dollars by having a functioning government.

[Keepitsimple]

Sooner or later people from the PMO will end up in court under oath. I hope Harper is one of them, and I hope it's sooner rather than later so we can get to the truth and then perhaps get some value for our tax dollars by having a functioning government.

Would you believe him if he said the same thing under oath? Didn't think so.

[On Guard for Thee]

He'd have to think twice about saying it under oath, you can go to jail for that.

[Guest Derek L]

Case closed I'd say.

And it’s amazing how silent Duffy has been since he lost his Parliamentary Privilege:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wright-duffy-accused-of-bribery-fraud-in-new-rcmp-documents-1.2433427

They also allege that Duffy himself was the instigator behind what he described in the Senate last monthas a "monstrous fraud."

"The evidence I have seen shows that the demands made by Senator Duffy in February (2013) were the start of the 'monstrous fraud'," Horton wrote in his affidavit.

Now that the RCMP are investigating and the Senators have lost their Parliamentary Privilege, the entire “scandal” is starting to come in five by five………

[Topaz]

And it’s amazing how silent Duffy has been since he lost his Parliamentary Privilege:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wright-duffy-accused-of-bribery-fraud-in-new-rcmp-documents-1.2433427

Now that the RCMP are investigating and the Senators have lost their Parliamentary Privilege, the entire “scandal” is starting to come in five by five………

Didn't he have a heart operation a few days ago?

[Mighty AC]

I wonder how silent Nigel will be now that the fraud and bribery charges could be pinned on him. It's always interesting when the shady world of the PMO is exposed.

[eyeball]

Sooner or later people from the PMO will end up in court under oath. I hope Harper is one of them, and I hope it's sooner rather than later so we can get to the truth and then perhaps get some value for our tax dollars by having a functioning government.

Under oath, but I thought Harper was already under one?

Maybe I'd have more faith in the supposed power of these things if the people who took them occasionally burst into flames or something.

Edited November 21, 2013 by eyeball

[Jimmy Wilson]

Didn't he have a heart operation a few days ago?

Yes he did...Hard to talk with tubes in your mouth...

[Rocky Road]

A friend of mine who moved to Alberta 17 years ago from Montreal compared the Senate scandal to the Nuremburg trials.

[Boges]

A friend of mine who moved to Alberta 17 years ago from Montreal compared the Senate scandal to the Nuremburg trials.

And who are the Nazi's? Duffy and Company?

[Boges]

I wonder how silent Nigel will be now that the fraud and bribery charges could be pinned on him. It's always interesting when the shady world of the PMO is exposed.

I'm sure even if it is pinned on him, people will never be convinced the PM didn't know.

I heard pundits on the radio saying there's no way Wright serves a milisecond in jail over this.

[GostHacked]

A friend of mine who moved to Alberta 17 years ago from Montreal compared the Senate scandal to the Nuremburg trials.

Taking a page out of Rob Ford's play book. Horrible comparisons.

[PIK]

What a joke this has become. There is nothing here that effects anyone. All this for what, trying to get the taxpayers money back from a crook. But yet chretien and daltgon get to ride into the sunset after some of the biggest corruption this country has ever seen. The world must be laughing at how the left in this country is trying to bring down a gov over that. We can' t win in the election we will get them in courts. There is nothing here and yet the media party is acting like charges have been laid millions have been stolen, people have been effected. The joke is on mulcair right now , because all he is doing is giving the boy wonder a free ride to the PMO. I thought mulcair was alot smarter then that. There is so much the gov and opp can be doing to make this country better instead of silly little witch hunts like this.

[Boges]

Cuz a Liberal was the worst offender in this, it's not like JT can act all indignant.

[Rocky Road]

Ya apparently

[Topaz]

Harper has kept saying he didn't know but the latest e-mail says different and that Wright had kept updates with the PM and therefore Wright's state yesterday means he had permission from the PM to pay Duffy. I think the Tory MP's should throw Harper under the bus because they are the ones that will pay when election time comes not Harper, who will probably retire with his 6 mil life time pension. http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2013/11/20/emails-indicate-wright-kept-pm-harper-in-loop-on-sen-duffys-%2490000-expenses/36706