{"id":47180,"date":"2015-04-18T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47180"},"modified":"2025-01-17T20:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T01:21:37","slug":"pm-harpers-name-raised-at-mike-duffy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/18\/pm-harpers-name-raised-at-mike-duffy-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Harper&#8217;s name raised at Mike Duffy trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19813\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Stephen-Harper-in-the-Netherlands-3-e1427216561313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19813\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Stephen-Harper-in-the-Netherlands-3-e1427216561313.jpg\" alt=\"Canada PM Stephen Harper. Photo courtesy of Harper's official Facebook page.\" width=\"691\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Stephen-Harper-in-the-Netherlands-3-e1427216561313.jpg 691w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Stephen-Harper-in-the-Netherlands-3-e1427216561313-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canada PM Stephen Harper. Photo courtesy of Harper&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OTTAWA &#8212; Various contractors took centre stage in an Ottawa courtroom Thursday as the trial of suspended Sen. Mike Duffy reached the eight-day mark.<\/p>\n<p>Court heard the contractors were paid through a taxpayer-funded account that Duffy allegedly used to get around Senate finance rules.<\/p>\n<p>A makeup artist, a personal trainer and a former intern all testified about being paid for services by companies run by Duffy&#8217;s long-time friend Gerald Donohue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy mounjaro online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/mounjaro.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/mounjaro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In one piece of testimony, makeup artist Jacqueline Lambert said she did makeup for both Duffy and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2010 ahead of a Parliament Hill event.<\/p>\n<p>That contradicted a government source who told The Canadian Press last week that the makeup services Harper received that day were not paid for by taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lecce, a spokesman for the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office, reiterated Thursday that taxpayers did not pay for Harper&#8217;s makeup.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy professional cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/professional-cialis.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/professional-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Duffy faces 30 charges of fraud and breach of trust charges in addition to a single count of bribery involving a cheque that came from Harper&#8217;s former chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. 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