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Originally Posted by Rerun
So you are looking for a trial in a court of law?
so... who would be on trial? Mike Duffy or Stephen Harper? And for what?
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It doesn't have to be "a court of law". Any tribunal that runs its proceedings in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice would be appropriate.
No one necessarily has to be "on trial". It could resemble an inquiry or inquest. (Although, it looks like the Senate wants to take serious action against the three impugned senators, so the onus would of course fall on the senate to prove wrongdoing of some kind [i.e., you could think of it as the senators being "on trial".])
Of course, if enough prima facie credible evidence emerges (either from such a tribunal or elsewhere) that the prime minister deliberately mislead parliament, that could be enough to initiate separate proceedings for contempt of parliament (or whatever; I'm not familiar with parliamentary law.)