CanadaThe cherub who took the stand, smiled, and delivered a bad dayFormer PMO in-house counsel Benjamin Perrin sat in the witness box at the Mike Duffy trial and gleefully took aim at Nigel Wright’s testimony
PoliticsThe original problem in the Duffy affairInside the PMO’s efforts to settle the constitutional question that plagued Mike Duffy
OttawaThe circle closes in around PMO chief of staff Ray NovakThe reported memory of one former PMO advisor suggests another chief of staff to the Prime Minister, Ray Novak, knew about a payment to Mike Duffy
OttawaThe Privy Council Office finds Benjamin Perrin’s emails Legal counsel’s records were thought to have been deleted
OttawaThe Commons: Stephen Harper answers at least one questionSo at least we know that Nigel Wright said he made no offer to any other senator
OttawaThe Commons: John Baird tries to explain what he understands to be trueThe opposition is not appeased by the Prime Minister’s acknowledgement of unhappiness
OttawaBenjamin Perrin: ’I was not consulted on, and did not participate in, Nigel Wright’s decision’PM’s former legal advisor responds to CTV report
OttawaAnd now, soon, a word from the Prime MinisterReporters invited to watch Stephen Harper address caucus