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THIS WEEK Thursday, May 23, 2013 X Volume 26 No. 41 www.kamloopsthisweek.com X 30 cents at Newsstands
IF SENATOR RAINE WAS DUFFY, SHE WOULD QUIT By Andrea Klassen STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com
SALUTING OUR NAVY CADETS PAGE A5
Petty officer first class Rose Marie Doherty (top) joins petty officer second class Harry Wallbank in a salute during drills at the Briar Avenue hall of the Kamloops Navy League Cadets. Dave Eagles/KTW
Were she in Mike Duffy’s shoes, Nancy Greene Raine would resign. The Conservative Kamloops senator said her Prince Edward Island counterpart’s behaviour in the wake of a housing expenses scandal has been “sad and disappointing” to watch. Duffy left the Conservative caucus last week amid reports that he had taken a $90,000 personal cheque from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, to repay housing expenses he shouldn’t have claimed. Wright himself resigned from his position in the Prime Minister’s Office over the weekend. Media have also reported Duffy may also have double dipped on his expenses — charging the Senate for time he spent campaigning for the Conservatives prior to the 2011 federal election. “Personally, if it was NANCY GREENE RAINE: “Personally, if it was me, I would resign,” me, I would resign.” Raine told KTW on Tuesday, May 21, a few hours before the Senate was set to meet to discuss the expenses issue. “He’s made some huge mistakes and using public funds during election campaigns and having his expenses, double-dipping as they say, that is just not acceptable,” Raine said. “You can’t blame that on your staff.” “You need to be on top of those things. We were told very, very clearly that Senate resources were not to be used during the writ period when you are out campaigning.” Raine said it’s normal for senators to campaign for their colleagues in the House of Commons, but said “there is no way” she would ever submit any such expenses to the Senate for such work. X See MCLEOD A21