PoliticsThe original problem in the Duffy affairInside the PMO’s efforts to settle the constitutional question that plagued Mike Duffy
OttawaNigel Wright: Watching the story, part of the storyIn Courtroom 33, the Crown’s star witness became an issues management director writ small — turning every question to his favour
OttawaStephen Harper’s real problem goes beyond Mike DuffyIt isn’t just Mike Duffy and Ray Novak, says Paul Wells. It’s about the Conservatives’ style of government.
PoliticsThe Duffy affair: Where precisely is the beef?After all that has been said and done, is there really a scandal in the Duffy affair? Here are three points of potential trouble
OttawaWhat did Ray know? An explosive day in the Mike Duffy trialNicholas Köhler on a wild day from Courtroom 33, where Nigel Wright was pressed on how much Ray Novak, the PMO’s current chief of staff, knew
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
CanadaDonald Bayne vs. Nigel Wright: ’That’s not actually true, is it?’Nic Köhler on the transformation of the Crown’s star witness
OttawaVideo: Evan Solomon on what to watch in the election campaignEvan Solomon on three topics to watch for in the third week of the federal election campaign
OttawaDonald Bayne channels Aaron Sorkin’s purple prose’Nigel Wright watched Bayne warily, his eyes screwed into him like bolts.’ Nicholas Köhler reports from the Duffy trial
Ottawa’Oh gawd, it’s Lurch!!!’ Mike Duffy in The Trial of the CenturyWeek 9: ’Did he orchestrate a monstrous scheme against Sen. Duffy? Or is he Harper’s fall guy? It doesn’t matter, just get his tie straight!’