Ottawa

Peter Van Loan no longer thinks Mike Duffy displayed leadership

‘Had I known then what I know now, I wouldn’t have made those comments’

For the record, the Government House leader wouldn’t have said what he said about “leadership” if he’d known how Mike Duffy paid the money back.

“With respect to the situation with Mike Duffy, I said at the time that he had shown leadership by paying back the money holding the belief that he’d done so with his own personal funds,” Mr. Van Loan said. “Had I known then what I know now, I wouldn’t have made those comments.”

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