There is something of a contest going on. The Hair might draw the line at taking off his stuffed shirt and streaking the tourists gaping at Ottawa’s Confusion Square but no holds are barred in distracting Canadians from the Duffy Trial.
The Duffy Trial is the big show in Ottawa now and it’s getting the news media all a twitter. It is where the chubby one-time spokesman for the Hair Senator Mike Duffy is on trial for accepting a bribe.
But just a minute: maybe the Hair can explain to us why the person accepting the bribe is charged and the person paying the bribe is not? Enquiring Canadians want to know?
But if the court cannot figure that one out, there are another 30 charges against Duffy to consider. Most of the charges have to do with him claiming expenses from the Senate whether he was being reimbursed by the Conservative Party or not. He never did explain why his cottage in Prince Edward Island was listed as his residence while his home is in Ottawa? The boy had an eager hand in charging expenses and seems to have been generous in whom he billed. Was it just his sense of entitlement?
You have to realize that ‘The Duff’ was a favoured performer on CTV. ‘The Duff’ was quick with a joke about things in Ottawa and viewers lapped it up. The Hair obviously felt that this talent would be useful during elections and invited the rotund broadcaster into the hallowed halls of parliament. As a Senator, ‘The Duff’ was unrestrained—especially in his spending.
But then what about other senators? Even (gasp) some Liberals were questioned. There seemed to be a sense of entitlement throughout the chamber of sleepy second thought. And what is this about the expenses of Senator Pamela Wallin? Did we not hear that ‘The Duff’s’ fellow CTVer was using Senate funding to get to her corporate board appointments? Is it any wonder that Justin Trudeau simply fired all Liberal appointed Senators from the Liberal caucus? Justin does not like the Senate at all. He has just not figured out what to do about it.
Does The Hair know what to do about the Senate of Canada? He promised that senators would be elected on his watch. Hah! The Hair set a record of some sort in appointing the most senators at one time. He was obviously going to get some rotten apples when he appoints them wholesale like that.
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