END OF THE MIKE DUFFY TRIAL

Yesterday's Waterloo Region Record carried the following story titled "Duffy trial ending...with a wimper" written by Geoff Stevens. Mr. Stevens suggests that the trial was never a conventional criminal prosecution but rather "It was a political prosecution, a show trial staged by Duffy's own Conservatives to disguise (a)...". Essentially Mr. Stevens is suggesting that Mike Duffy's own party through him under the bus in order to cover their own guilty butts. Somewhat balancing his disdain for the Conservative Party, Mr. Stevens also suggests that Mike Duffy was not the ideal Senator but rather "...the product of a shabby patronage system that rewards political loyalty, not public service.'.

Mr. Stevens strongly suggests that there is ample reasonable doubt in order for Mr. Duffy to be acquitted on the charges against him. Apparently the Senate's rules were loosely drafted and loosely applied. That makes it pretty difficult to be held responsible for allegedly violating them. Overall it does seem bizarre to have wasted everybody's time and money in prosecuting Mike Duffy according to Geoffrey Stevens. Very shortly we will see if the Judge agrees.