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LEGER: Senators’ court cases could be kryptonite

 

If you’re a good and faithful Conservative, you must shudder just hearing that dirty word: Senate.

 

After all, your party was supposed to make the Senate “elected” and “equal” and “effective” yet after eight years in power, that promise is officially “empty.”

 

For Conservatives, adding “expenses” or “Duffy” to a phrase that includes the S-word can induce apoplexy. Mike Duffy’s expense claims, his suspension from the Senate and the surrounding fallout are raining on their party’s 2015 election hopes.

That queasy feeling won’t be going away any time soon. In fact, the Senate scandal, with Duffy as the central character, is only starting to bite the Conservatives’ re-election chances.

The 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery are all serious criminal allegations, although none have been proven in court. But court is where the scandal is heading and not just for Duffy; former Liberal senator Mac Harb and suspended Conservative Patrick Brazeau were charged back in April.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1226934-leger-senators-court-cases-could-be-kryptonite

DAN LEGER