The Mike Duffy scandal was front and centre again today as Prime Minister Stephen Harper took questions from reporters at a campaign stop in Toronto's west end. Harper was asked if he was embarrassed by the way the top people in his office handled the Duffy situation. Harper says the role of a leader is not to express his feelings but to take action -- and that's what he did when he learned of Duffy's questionable expenses. (Reporters covering Harper's campaign stop were heckled by supporters for asking the prime minister questions about the Duffy scandal.)

Date: 2015-08-18
Placeline: ETOBICOKE, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 21 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << but when I heard he had made the expense claims he had made claiming travel expenses when he clearly was not traveling I thought that was completely inappropriate and told him he should repay those expenses because of the actions of mr. right he did not repay those expenses and that's why these two individuals have been held accountable by me and her being held accountable by the system >>

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