Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island: The whole scandal could have been so easily avoided. Could no one in the prime minister's political circle see this coming before The Duff's appointment? Question as to his suitability to serve as a senator from P.E.I. surfaced from the day it was first announced, especially in P.E.I. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Prince Edward Island, you see, unlike other provinces, has a different property tax rate for full-time residents and summer visitors whose primary residence is outside the province. Technically, it works like this: everybody is assessed at the same rate but then residents get a credit for half that amount while non-residents don't. Being eligible for the credit would have gone a long way to bolstering his argument. CORNWALL, P.E.I. -- The revelations in the Mike Duffy expense case just keep on coming. But there is one big question that still needs to be answered: why did it all happen in the first place? Sure, he was a then favoured native son, but he was living and working in Ottawa, only coming home to a summer cottage. But he could easily have stemmed any controversy by first semi-retiring from CTV perhaps filing a daily commentary and moving back to P.E.I. After living here a year, there would have been no question he was a resident. By that time, he would even have had the residential tax credit supplied by the tax department to prove it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.