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NDP Ethics Critic Charlie Angus has written to the Senate Ethics Officer Lyse Ricard asking for an investigation into accusations of a ‘cash-for-repayment’ scheme involving Mike Duffy and the Prime Minister’s Office. 

The PMO has admitted that Stephen Harper’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright gave $90,000 to Senator Duffy as part of a deal around Mr. Duffy’s role in the Senate expense scandal, which involves a number of Conservative and Liberal Senators. According to news reports last night, Mr. Duffy has denied the payments. 

Revelations about an alleged cash-for-repayment scheme developed by Mike Duffy and the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright are proof that an independent investigation is needed into the Senate spending scandal, according to the NDP.  

New Democrat Ethics Critic Charlie Angus also reiterated his call for Senators to turn over the investigation into the expense scandal to the police to investigate whether any senators were guilty of breaking the law when they claimed thousands in expenses they were not entitled to.  

Today, NDP Ethics Critic Charlie Angus (Timmins – James Bay) released two letters asking Senators to publicly release legal opinions on the residency requirements for sitting in the Senate.

“Both the Marjory LeBreton and the Senate Committee on Internal Economy have said they have or will obtain legal opinions. They must release to the public any legal opinions they receive about whether Senators have met the residency requirement required under the Constitution,” said Angus.

Charlie Angus wants the government to come clean about thousands of data breaches where the privacy information of over a million Canadians may have been compromised. Angus uncovered documents that show that various government departments have allowed massive amounts of private information to be lost, stolen or accessed by people without authorization.