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Can The Senate Fire A Senator?

Senate Greenlit Expenses: Brazeau

Another Senator Resigns From Caucus


Sharing The Blame

Sharing The Blame

05. 9.2013
A Senate committee report released Thursday recommends that Liberal Senator Mac Harb and Independent Senator Patrick Brazeau repay housing...
THIRD Tory Senator Refunds Expenses

THIRD Tory Senator Refunds Expenses

The Canadian Press  03. 7.2013
OTTAWA - Another Conservative senator is refunding expenses following an examination of residency claims.The Senate's internal economy...
Motion To Abolish 'Useless' Senate

Motion To Abolish 'Useless' Senate

03. 5.2013
MPs are debating a non-binding NDP motion to eliminate the Senate, as controversy continues over the expenses claimed by some senators. ...
Duffy Declared Eligible For PEI Seat

Duffy Declared Eligible For PEI Seat

02.28.2013
Senator Mike Duffy is eligible for his Prince Edward Island seat in the Senate, his party's Senate leader said Thursday. A...
Why Senate Controversy Is Unique in One Province

Why Senate Controversy Is Unique in One Province

02.28.2013
Of special interest has been travel expenses incurred by Senators traveling back and forth between Ottawa and the provinces they were appointed...
Harper Stands Up For Embattled Senators

Harper Stands Up For Embattled Senators

Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press  02.27.2013
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper categorically asserts that all senators meet the constitutional requirement that they must reside in the provinces...
Harper No Longer So Vocal On Wallin

Harper No Longer So Vocal On Wallin

Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press  02.26.2013
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper muted his staunch defence of Pamela Wallin following reports Tuesday that the Saskatchewan senator...
WATCH: 'Eating Caviar And Drinking Swan Blood'

WATCH: 'Eating Caviar And Drinking Swan Blood'

02.26.2013
Senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin have been keeping relatively quiet amid the ongoing spending and residency scandal. Not every senator,...
Campaigning For The Tories On Your Dime?

Campaigning For The Tories On Your Dime?

The Canadian Press  02.14.2013
OTTAWA - Senator Pamela Wallin charged taxpayers nearly $26,000 in travel expenses during the last federal election period while appearing...
Audit Of Expenses Kept Secret

Audit Of Expenses Kept Secret

02.14.2013
Conservative Senator Pam Wallin admitted Wednesday she has met with the auditing firm Deloitte to review her travel expenses. ...
I Love Being a Senator, but My Heart Is in Saskatchewan

I Love Being a Senator, but My Heart Is in Saskatchewan

02.13.2013
They say that home is where the heart is. My heart is in Wadena, Sask., and so is my home. My parents and sister live there, as do her...
Harper Defends Wallin Over Travel Expenses

Harper Defends Wallin Over Travel Expenses

Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press  02.13.2013
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to the defence Wednesday of Saskatchewan Sen. Pamela Wallin, the latest in a growing number...
Confusion Mounts Over Senate Residency Rules

Confusion Mounts Over Senate Residency Rules

Joan Bryden and Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press  02. 8.2013
OTTAWA - Controversy over Mike Duffy's Senate housing allowance has mushroomed into a bigger question — whether he's entitled to sit...
Is She Next?

Is She Next?

02. 7.2013
Saskatchewan Senator Pamela Wallin says her home is in the province, and she is complying with Senate residency requirements, but she was...
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