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#265 - DuffyGate Revisited w/Luke LeBrun (Patreon)

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2021-09-05 23:33:14
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With Will on a temporary hiatus, Michael and Us is pleased to welcome Luke LeBrun, editor of my journalistic alma mater PressProgress, for a chill discussion of media coverage in Canada's ongoing federal election. With that behind us, Luke and I turn to a decidedly low-stakes political scandal from the already forgotten Harper era (colloquially known as DuffyGate), recount some old war stories from our days covering Canada's many right wing think tanks, and talk about one our country's most ignoble institutions: the Senate. 

Watch CBC's The Rise and Fall of Mike Duffy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK2CD7P6yrM

Follow Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_llebrun

https://pressprogress.ca/

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Elias Brander

The big political "scandal" in Finland lately was the prime minister claiming 300 euros a month for breakfast. Complete opportunism. Nonsense.

Benji Arney
>>67350241

We will leave unbearable debt and a giant defecit to future generations if the PM eats the most important meal of the day 😤🥞☕

Mangoappreciator

Luke's description of the Canadian Senate reminds me of Ireland's own one The Seanad though the exact way members get elected is more arcane and bureaucratic. It's known mostly as a place to put retired or unelected politicians and has next to no purpose or power. Their only power is to obstruct bills but as so many of them are directly elected by the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) immediately after an election they have no reason to do so. So Canada isn't alone in it's terrible bicameral systems!