Claude Carignan, the government's leader in the Senate, introduced motions to suspend Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau, three of four senators at the heart of the expenses scandal. The motions would strip the trio of their pay, benefits and Senate resources. Carignan, the government leader in the Senate, denied Conservatives were passing judgment before the cases were prosecuted. He said it was up to the courts to decide guilt or innocence, just as it did in the case of a Liberal senator who ended up being convicted a few years earlier.

Date: 2013-10-17
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 16 seconds

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