Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Mike Duffy

Mike Duffy: Duffy, a once valued Conservative fundraiser now at the centre of the Senate spending scandal, also raised the idea of the party hiring his private company, according to emails obtained by CBC News , according to The Star. I suggested they make me a minister without portfolio, so I get a staff, car and more resources to deal with pr fallout, he writes in a July, 2009 email to an unidentified Conservative and OTTAWA Mike Duffy sought a cabinet post and the perks that went with it soon after he was named to the Senate to compensate him for his expanded role in the Conservative party, new records show Just months after being named to the red chamber by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009, Duffy, a former CTV journalist, was apparently agitating for even more. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.