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   On Friday, May 17, 2013 2:56:17 PM UTC-7, Con®conž wrote:   
   > CTVNews.ca - Thursday, May 16, 2013    
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   >       CTV News Channel: How serious is the scandal?   
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   >       CTV political commentator Scott Reid says the scandal is right on   
   >       the doorstep of the PM and there will likely now be an   
   >       investigation.   
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   >     Mike Duffy tried to influence CRTC decision on Sun Media   
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   >       A well-placed source told CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife   
   >       that Duffy approached a Conservative insider with connections to   
   >       the CRTC three weeks ago to discuss Sun Media, which is asking the   
   >       federal regulator to grant its news channel “mandatory carriage,”   
   >       or guaranteed placement on basic cable and satellite packages.   
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   >       The move would boost Sun News Network’s profile and revenues.   
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   >       “You know people at the CRTC,” the insider quoted Duffy as saying.   
   >       “This is an important decision on Sun Media. They have to play   
   >       with the team and support Sun Media’s request.”   
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   >       Liberal MP Ralph Goodale said Duffy’s comments were “tantamount to   
   >       saying: ‘Let’s go have a private little visit with a judge.’”   
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   >       “That is direct political interference with a quasi-judicial   
   >       tribunal,” Goodale said.   
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   >       If the CRTC approves Sun Media’s request, cable and satellite   
   >       customers across Canada will be paying to have its news channel as   
   >       part of their TV packages.   
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   >       “Helping insider friends to get access to power -- this is just   
   >       unacceptable,” NDP MP Olivia Chow said.   
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   >       Duffy, who quit the Conservative caucus Thursday night over a   
   >       growing scandal involving his expense claims, did not respond to   
   >       CTV’s request for comment.   
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   >       He was secluded in his Prince Edward Island cottage -- the home he   
   >       improperly claimed as his primary residence, resulting in a   
   >       $90,000 debt to the Senate for repayment of wrongly claimed   
   >       taxpayer-funded living expenses.   
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   >       Fife revealed this week that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief   
   >       of staff, Nigel Wright, made a secret deal with Duffy to help him   
   >       repay the money.   
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   >       Although Duffy denied Wright’s involvement and claimed in an email   
   >       to CTV News that he’d taken out a bank loan, the PMO confirmed   
   >       that Wright wrote a personal cheque for $90,000 to the senator.   
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   >       Canada's ethics commissioner, Mary Dawson, has said that she will   
   >       investigate Wright's cheque to Duffy.   
      
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