That's 'one' for the Ontario courts and for the people of Canada.  Fat boy   
   will have to pay his way from now on.   
      
   Now we just have to get him the hell out of the Senate.   
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   CBC News · Posted: Dec 14, 2018   
      
      
   Ontario court dismisses Mike Duffy's lawsuit against Senate   
                 
   Judge says lawsuit would interfere with the Senate's ability to act as an   
   'independent legislative body'       
      
   An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed Mike Duffy's multi-millon-dollar   
   lawsuit against the Senate of Canada, arguing the Red Chamber and its members   
   are protected by parliamentary privilege, making them immune from this sort of   
   judicial scrutiny.   
      
   The decision is a blow to Duffy — who still represents P.E.I. in the Senate   
   — as he has sought some financial compensation for his bruising, years-long   
   battle to clear his name following accusations of improper spending.   
      
   "Allowing a court to revisit the Senate's decisions at issue here would   
   interfere with the Senate's ability to function as an independent legislative   
   body, equal to other branches of government," Justice Sally Gomery wrote in   
   her decision published    
   Friday.   
      
   "Since the actions at issue fall within those actions protected by   
   parliamentary privilege, I cannot give any consideration to whether they were   
   wrong or unfair or even contrary to Senator Duffy's Charter rights. All of   
   these are determinations that the    
   Senate, and the Senate alone, can make."   
      
   After a judge cleared him of criminal wrongdoing in 2016, Duffy launched his   
   lawsuit against the Senate, claiming the body ran roughshod over his   
   constitutional rights in its dogged pursuit of a scapegoat for a scandal over   
   questionable Senate expenses.   
      
   While his claim against the Senate was dismissed Friday, he is pressing ahead   
   with another, similar lawsuit aimed at the RCMP.   
      
   The original suit, which targeted both institutions, sought $6.5 million in   
   general damages, $300,000 for loss of income and benefits and $1 million in   
   punitive damages relating to the treatment Duffy faced during the Senate   
   expenses scandal.                
                       
      
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-duffy-court-dismisses-lawsuit-1.4947173   
      
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