Riders,
You use the word 'Steve' VERY Loosely.
Duffy did many fundraisers for Conservative Constituencies... this is a matter of record. NOT PM Harper.
Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, November 2, 2013 1:01PM EDT
"The man who oversees the Conservative Party's finances says he refused to pay off Sen. Mike Duffy's contested expenses, contradicting the version of events provided to police by the prime minister's former chief of staff.
Sen. Irving Gerstein, the chairman of the Conservative Fund Canada and former jewelry chain titan, delivered his report on the party's finances at the close of the party's biennial convention on Saturday.
For the first time, he addressed the discussions he had with Stephen Harper's ex-chief of staff Nigel Wright about paying back Duffy's living expenses.
...
Gerstein appeared to back Harper's line of attack on Wright -- that he was the only one seeking to cover Duffy's bill.
"I made it absolutely clear to Nigel Wright that the Conservative Fund Canada would not pay for Senator Duffy's disputed expenses and it never did," Gerstein told the crowd of roughly 1,500, to enthusiastic applause.
You use the word 'Steve' VERY Loosely.
Duffy did many fundraisers for Conservative Constituencies... this is a matter of record. NOT PM Harper.
Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, November 2, 2013 1:01PM EDT
"The man who oversees the Conservative Party's finances says he refused to pay off Sen. Mike Duffy's contested expenses, contradicting the version of events provided to police by the prime minister's former chief of staff.
Sen. Irving Gerstein, the chairman of the Conservative Fund Canada and former jewelry chain titan, delivered his report on the party's finances at the close of the party's biennial convention on Saturday.
For the first time, he addressed the discussions he had with Stephen Harper's ex-chief of staff Nigel Wright about paying back Duffy's living expenses.
...
Gerstein appeared to back Harper's line of attack on Wright -- that he was the only one seeking to cover Duffy's bill.
"I made it absolutely clear to Nigel Wright that the Conservative Fund Canada would not pay for Senator Duffy's disputed expenses and it never did," Gerstein told the crowd of roughly 1,500, to enthusiastic applause.
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