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   More than 'just Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy' involved now, Mr Harper.   
   And with every complaint or court action, more and more documents will   
   have to be made public.  This lawyer/law professor has now involved   
   Harper's legal advisor and Duffy's advisor/lawyer.   
      
   If this goes on at the pace it's been going on, we should see the   
   Senategate scandal last long into the coming two years . . . . right up   
   to the 2015 election.  Good stuff!   
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     CTVNews.ca Staff -  Tuesday, November 26, 2013   
      
   Complaint filed against ex-PMO lawyer Benjamin Perrin over Wright-Duffy deal   
      
   A University of Ottawa law professor has filed a complaint against the   
   prime minister’s former lawyer, who allegedly helped broker a secret   
   deal between Nigel Wright and Sen. Mike Duffy, CTV News has learned.   
      
   Amir Attaran filed a complaint against Benjamin Perrin, who used to work   
   in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Duffy’s lawyer Janice Payne with the   
   law societies of British Columbia and Ontario.   
      
   The complaint involves two law societies because Perrin can practice law   
   in both B.C. and Ontario, while Payne practices in Ontario.   
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   Attaran claims that both lawyers “violated the ethics of the profession”   
   for their alleged roles in the secret deal that saw Wright, Prime   
   Minister Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff, give a $90,000 cheque   
   to Duffy to cover the senator’s ineligible expenses.   
      
   The RCMP is investigating the transaction. In an affidavit, Cpl. Greg   
   Horton alleges that Wright broke the law by giving Duffy the money.   
      
   “If Mr. Duffy and Mr. Wright engaged in an illegal deal – and that’s   
   what the RCMP alleges – then the lawyers who negotiated that deal for   
   them shouldn’t have done so,” Attaran told CTV News. “That was unethical   
   to do so.”   
      
   CTV News caught up with Perrin in Vancouver, where he is currently an   
   associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law.   
      
   Off camera, Perrin said his legal counsel told him to stay quiet.   
      
   “That’s the advice I got. It’s good advice. There’s good reasons for   
   it,” he said.   
      
   The Law Society of British Columbia has already said that it’s aware of   
   “information that has been reported in the news media” and will consider   
   looking into Perrin’s actions.   
      
   According to a sworn RCMP affidavit, an email trail suggests Perrin and   
   Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton were involved in the   
   Duffy-Wright deal.   
      
   The affidavit also said Perrin’s emails from his time in the PMO have   
   been deleted.   
      
   None of the allegations in the affidavit have been tested or proven in   
   court.   
      
   Meanwhile, Harper continues to face tough questions in the House of   
   Commons about the Duffy-Wright affair.   
      
   Opposition leaders demanded to know Tuesday why a number of   
   Conservatives involved in the expense repayment scheme are still with   
   the government, even as Harper publicly slammed Wright for his actions.   
      
   An RCMP affidavit released last week revealed that PMO staffers and   
   senators discussed how to handle an external audit of Duffy’s expenses   
   and a subsequent report by the Senate’s internal economy committee.   
      
   The affidavit also revealed that Sen. Irving Gerstein, chair of the   
   Conservative Fund, allegedly used contacts at the Deloitte accounting   
   firm to see if the Duffy audit could be squashed.   
      
   "Will the prime minister please explain to Canadians why Sen. Irving   
   Gerstein continues to enjoy his complete confidence?" Liberal Leader   
   Justin Trudeau asked Tuesday.   
      
   Harper has insisted that he did not know about the $90,000 cheque and   
   that he would not have approved of such a scheme.   
      
   However, a recently released court document suggests the prime minister   
   at least knew of an initial plan to cover Duffy’s expenses with a cheque   
   from the Conservative party.   
      
   An RCMP affidavit suggests Wright checked with Harper before finalizing   
   a deal to pay Duffy’s expense claims from the Conservative Fund when   
   they were believed to total about $32,000.   
      
   In a Feb. 22 email, Wright wrote: “I do want to speak to the PM before   
   everything is considered final.” An hour later, Wright wrote: “We are   
   good to go from the PM.”   
      
   In the House of Commons last week, Harper said “good to go” meant “good   
   to go with Mr. Duffy repaying his own expenses.”   
      
      
      
      
   Read more:   
   http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/complaint-filed-against-ex-pmo-la   
   yer-benjamin-perrin-over-wright-duffy-deal-1.1562435#ixzz2lt3qUx6U   
      
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