Former PMO legal adviser testifies Harper’s top aide Novak knew of ‘surprising’ $90,000 payment

'Because it was so surprising I looked to my right to see if, see [Ray] Novak’s reaction, and he didn’t have any reaction to that information,' says former PMO legal adviser Ben Perrin tells Duffy trial regarding $90,000 payment.

A former legal adviser to the Prime Minister testified Thursday that Stephen Harper’s closest and longest-serving aide was not only in the room but sitting at the same table in 2013 when former chief of staff Nigel Wright told Senator Mike Duffy’s lawyer he would be providing Sen. Du...

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