Duffy bought puppy in New Brunswick, not during Peterborough trip for which he billed Senate, says lawyer

Suspended Senator Mike Duffy billed the Senate almost $700 for an overnight trip to Peterborough, Ont., to purchase a dog, the Crown alleges, which was not 'Senate business.'

A witness testifying about one of suspended Senator Mike Duffy’s travel expense claims that came up at the start of his fraud and breach of trust trial was unable Tuesday to definitively back up an argument Crown attorney Mark Holmes made at the outset—that Sen. Duffy billed the Sena...

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