Senate Expense Claims

The unelected, unaccountable senate is dithering on holding their fellow senators accountable. Due process and lack of criminal charges is the defence. The real reason is that they do not want to be held accountable when their expenses are audited.

I've known at least half a dozen co-workers fired by my current and former employers over irregular financial transactions. None were criminally charged. None involved the amount of money involved in this senate scandal. You file a false expense claim you get fired in the private sector.

I travel for business and have never filed a false expense claim. Twice in 25-years I've had expenses rejected. One for a $7 bottle of water that the hotel put by my bedside in Old Montreal. I never know if those bottles are free, or if they charge for them. Since that date I always buy water and bring it back to the hotel. The second rejection was when I was in Edmonton for 5-days, used the gym and had the hotel launder my gym gear. That too was rejected. That is the extent of my extravagance, both times rejected by number crunchers. You can see why I want these entitled elitists prosecuted and suspended without pay.

For all the impassioned defence put up by Senator Duffy we still have not heard an explanation for hiring his friend for $65,000 for no apparent services rendered.