Senator Hugh Segal has set up shop as the chief defender of Pamela Wallin. There is a pattern here, Harper's approved talking heads on the political panels are defending Wallin. They have written off Duffy as damaged goods. Duffy will never be back in the Conservative caucus.
My keen eye for figuring out the Con game has identified two possible theories of why Harper is defending Wallin. One is that he thinks Wallin can redeem herself and resume her role as a fundraiser and political hack in the Saskatchewan heartland. The other more likely scenario is that he is trying to justify his prior defence of Wallin's expenses.
My take is that Duffy and Wallin are radioactive to the Canadian public. Their reputations are in tatters and their sense of entitlement is offencive to ordinary Canadians. Harper brought both of these egotistical blowhards into the senate to do exactly what they did, which is to raise money and bring in the votes in the white bread hinterlands, where their profiles as national talking heads was seen as what passes as celebrity in this country.
Hugh Segal has always been a defender of the elite in Canada. A class that is beyond reproach and above the law applicable to the working class. This explains why he believes that deliberate acts of fraud by certain senators should not be forwarded to the RCMP. He called the RCMP investigation laughable. You can go to jail for stealing bread but a senator committing fraud to the tune of $100'sK should go unpunished.
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