1. Canadian senator fights expulsion,
corruption
Ottawa (AFP) - A legal representative for a Canadian senator in the center
associated with an expense scandal Monday accused his very own Tory
leadership of "driving a mob track down him," while denying any wrongdoing.
Senator Mike Duffy, and two other Conservative senators appointed by Prime
Minister Stephen Harper -- face a criminal probe after an audit revealed
"troubling" expense claims. Calgary Escorts

2. On Tuesday, Canada's Senate is to vote on motions whether to suspend them
without pay, accusing them of "gross negligence."
"The problem is not with Senator Duffy. It's together with the existing rules,"
his lawyer Donald Bayne told a press conference.
Bayne said Duffy was repeatedly assured with the Senate Tory leadership
along with the prime minister's office that his travel and housing expense
claims were valid.
But because the spending hasn't been sitting well with voters, including the
ruling Conservatives' supporters, Bayne said the optimal minister's office
concocted a scheme to pay off the prices as a way to make an effort to
eliminating the story, which was a drag on the party's popularity. Escorts
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Duffy's objections on the plan, he said, were "greeted with pressure and
threats by way of the prime minister's office."
"The PMO (prime minister's office) had decided they planned to sweep a
political embarrassment recommended to their Tory base beneath the rug and

3. so they threatened Senator Duffy with... throwing him out of the Senate... if he
neglected to go together with it."
The scandal along with an alleged coverup, Bayne alleged, "was being
manipulated behind the scenes."
In accent the principal allegations, Duffy all means being investigated to have
accepted a Can$90,000 check from Harper's chief of staff to help you the
lawmaker repay funds he claimed as Senate expenses.
Harper's right-hand man, Nigel Wright, resigned in May after revealing the
payment.
The opposition the other day accused Harper of needing misled the House of
Commons when he said he knew nothing with regards to the transaction.