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Originally Posted by Ark2
I don't know what the true story is with Wright and what actually motivated him to do what he did, so I can't speak to that. With the Senators on the other hand, I think it speaks more towards the culture of the Senate than anything else. An environment that has virtually no accountability is going to bread this kind of behaviour. I suspect that Duffy, Wallin, and Brazeau are hardly the only Senate members currently guilty of cheating the system. That being said, I did feel that Duffy was an odd appointment when it was announced in 2008.
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The fact that the PM has appointed people who think that the cheque being cut to attempt to avoid scrutiny in the first place speaks loud and clear. Its telling that no one seemed to think it was a bad idea, and the fact that it was to cover up a potential political scandal just compounds that.
Its amusing that the the other 101 members of the senate don't seem to have these issues though and that 3/4 in hot water are Harper cronies. To me its hard to say that is a cultural issue in the senate. Its the small minority.
I am fascinated by this whole thing though. If the senate votes to suspend these three, what do they strike back with? At that point they have nothing to lose. If Duffy then produces the emails he claims to have, its a nightmare for Harper. If the senate doesn't suspend them, Harper has a caucus issue where CPC senators didn't comply with his wishes. Very interesting times indeed. A CPC MP in Edmonton (Peter Goldring) was urging senators not to suspend these three today, so who knows what is going on behind the scenes.