Duffy tells court former Tory minister behind $8,300 Senate expense claim for cancelled partisan event

Former Conservative MP Gary Lunn, sports minister and in charge of the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics at the time, coaxed Sen. Mike Duffy into flying from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island for a 2009 Labour Day appearance that was later cancelled, Sen. Duffy testifies in court.

Senator Mike Duffy testified Wednesday that former Conservative MP Gary Lunn, sports minister and in charge of the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics, coaxed him into flying from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island for a 2009 Labour Day appearance to boost Mr. Lunn’s profile in his riding...

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