PART 1: What Was the Duffy Scandal? 🇨🇦

 PART 1: What Was the Duffy Scandal? 🇨🇦

More than ten years ago, a political controversy shook Ottawa.

Mike Duffy, a well-known television journalist turned senator, had been appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2008.

A few years later, questions emerged about his housing expense claims. Senators who live outside Ottawa can claim certain living expenses while working in the capital.

Duffy claimed that his primary residence was in Prince Edward Island.

But critics questioned whether he actually lived there most of the time.

The amount under dispute was about $90,000.

Then the story took an extraordinary turn.

Nigel Wright, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, personally gave Duffy $90,000 to repay the expenses.

💥 When this secret payment became public in 2013, it exploded into a national political scandal.

Questions flooded the news:

• Why was the Prime Minister’s chief of staff involved?
• Who knew about the payment?
• Was there pressure behind the scenes?

Soon the RCMP launched an investigation.

And the story was far from over.

➡️ In Part 2, we’ll look at what happened next: criminal charges, a dramatic trial, and a verdict that surprised the entire country.