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’

<p>Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Peter Van Loan responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Monday April 30, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>

Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Peter Van Loan responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Monday April 30, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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.”