senate scandal Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:50:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg senate scandal Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Canada’s Senate Scandal Grows Amid Accusations And Denials https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/10/23/canadas-senate-scandal-grows-amid-accusations-denials/ Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:22:49 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=11322 Things have been heating up in the Canadian Senate.

Two days ago, Senator Mike Duffy made a riveting speech. He accused the Prime Minister and some other senators of bullying him into paying $90,000 back to the government when he didn’t think he should have to.

His accusations were part of a dramatic speech.

“The sad truth is, I allowed myself to be intimidated into doing what I knew in my heart was wrong, out of a fear of losing my job,” Duffy said in his speech.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has defended himself against the accusations.

Then yesterday another senator, Pamela Wallin, made a heated speech in the Senate. She accused 14 senators of leaking information about her.

It’s all part of a growing “senate scandal.”

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