From the Amherst Daily, on Peter Stoffer:
"On an annual basis he spends 128.000 and I spend $132,000," said Duffy. "We're within $4,000 of each other and he's attacking me for lavish spending. It's a stunt."
On Holland College:
"You look at Holland College in P.E.I., they got $8.5 million this year," said Duffy. "People say why do you travel? It's because you need cards to play and chips to use."
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"So I'm going to ask the minister of science Gary Goodyear to look favourably upon Holland College. He has a zillion applications and I say, 'gee Gary, would you take a personal interest. I think it has merit. Will you look at that and see what you can do," said Duffy. "So when Holland College comes up they get $8.5 million. They're going to build some new buildings, take down some substandard housing and rearrange things and do it in a way that will substantially change your impression of Charlottetown.
Isn't Duffy suppose to be doing "senate" work?
ReplyDeleteDuffy's expenses - campaigning expenses or senate work?
"On an annual basis he spends 128.000 and I spend $132,000," said Duffy. "We're within $4,000 of each other and he's attacking me for lavish spending. It's a stunt."
ReplyDeleteDuffy was reported to spend $44,000 in three months... that breaks down to $176,000 per year not $132,000. He appears to be making the mistake of assuming 3 months is a 1/3 of a year instead of 1/4th.... I can't believe this guy made his living in journalism.
The basic original argument was:
ReplyDelete"In the last fiscal year, Senators charged $19.5 million in travel and office expenses, that’s 219 per cent more than they charged 14 years ago – a rate three times greater than the increase in overall government spending. Similarly, the costs of running the Senate have increased 94 per cent, 35 per cent more than the cost of the elected (and growing) House of Commons."
Part of this was the claim that Duffy's *travel expenses* were $44,000 over three months (the length of time Duffy sat in the Senate during that ). Duffy is calling this his *expenses* over *four* months, annualized to $132,000.
I'm going to do more on all this on my blog. Looks to me like Duffy is imitating a puffer fish.
So he asked Science Minister (wat?) Gary Goodyear to give money to a college that specializes in Tourism and Hospitality? How would this be possible?
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