Senate officials backdated $3,000 contract to P.E.I. consultant helping Sen. Duffy, trial hears

Peter McQuaid, a veteran political backroomer in Prince Edward Island who was for a time chief of staff to former Conservative premier Pat Binns, provided consulting services to Sen. Duffy for three years, from shortly after he became a Senator until 2011.

Senate officials backdated a contract worth up to $3,000 to a Prince Edward Island consultant who was advising Mike Duffy in 2011 to make it appear as though the start date for the contract was earlier than the one that appeared on the original contract, the suspended Senator’s trial on br...

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