Not guilty doesn’t mean ethically clean

Life in Parliament shouldn’t mean placing your good judgment in the hands of high-level political operators. If voters wanted trained seals they’d buy tickets to the circus.

Chantal Hébert asks: If Senator Mike Duffy, pictured, had to win back his Senate seat in an election, would he even run?The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

April 27, 2016

MONTREAL—The ripples of the acquittal of Senator Mike Duffy on 31 corruption-related charges should be felt well beyond the parliamentary pond. The verdict is a stark reminder to all of Canada’s political class that the Criminal Code is no substitute for an ethical compass. Public officials—...

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