The passing of Nigel Wright , Onex Corporation executive and one-time chief of staff to prime minister Stephen Harper, has recalled a Canadian political scandal so insidious it got its own “gate.” That would be Duffygate, named after Senator Mike Duffy , though it involved others as well.

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What was Duffygate?

At the centre of the scandal: expense claims.

In late 2012, Senators Duffy, Patrick Brazeau, Mac Harb and Pamela Wallin claimed travel and living allowance expenses from the Senate for which they were not eligible. Deloitte LLP was brought in to make an independent examination into the claims.

Harb retired, and the others were ultimately suspended from the Senate without pay. Brazeau, Duffy and Harb were criminally charged, although Duffy would be acquit

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