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Ex national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.
Charged with assault and exual assault in February.
Liar, tax cheat from years back.
Yeah, appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper.
This is how he's going to play it:
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National News | 14. May, 2013 by APTN National News
Brazeau says he won�t pay back living allowance cash, threatens to force
public hearing
OTTAWA--Senator Patrick Brazeau, who was kicked out of the Conservative
caucus after being charged with assault and sexual assault, claims he�s
innocent of falsely claiming his father�s house in Maniwaki, Que., as
his primary residence and believes he shouldn�t have to pay any money back.
The Senate committee on internal economy issued an edict Thursday
directing Brazeau to pay back about $48,700 plus interest following the
release of audits into the former Conservative senator�s living expense
claims, along with those of Conservative Senator Mike Duffy and Liberal
Senator Mac Harb.
Harb has also said he would fight the order to pay back the travel claim
cash. Duffy has paid back about $90,000. <<===== [or the PMO]
Brazeau, however, claims that the audits actually cleared him and issued
a press release Tuesday threatening to �explore all options to have this
determination overturned,� including �calling a public meeting of the
Senate committee on internal economy to explain their decision.�
The audits were done by Deloitte.
�The Deloitte report in no way finds anything untoward regarding the
claims and documents filed by Senator Brazeau,� states Brazeau�s press
release, which was sent to reporters.
Brazeau, who met with auditors at least twice, said that a draft of the
audit he reviewed found him �to have met all four primary residence
�indicators�� and that �no false claims were made by Senator Brazeau.�
The audit used Brazeau�s driver�s license, health card, income tax
return and voter registration as the so-called indicators. The audit
noted that the address on the driver�s license, while in Maniwaki, did
not match his stated primary residence and that Quebec health cards do
not include an address. The audit did find that his income tax return
did match and that Maniwaki �appeared to be in these two electoral
ridings� were Brazeau voted.
Brazeau also says that he has been ordered to repay about $34,619 in
living expenses, plus $144.97 in travel expenses. Conservative Senator
Marjory LeBreton, however, told reporters Thursday that Brazeau was
expected to pay back about $48,700 plus interest.
The RCMP is also reviewing the audits to determine whether a full
investigation is warranted.
�It is unclear how the Committee could have come to this conclusion when
there is no clear definition of what, for purposes of their own policy,
constitutes a �primary residence,�� says Brazeau�s press release. �The
Deloitte report in no way finds anything untoward regarding the claims
and documents filed by Senator Brazeau.�
Brazeau had claimed his father�s home in Maniwaki, Que., as his primary
place or residence, <<=====
but also rented a house in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.
Maniwaki is about 130 km north of Ottawa.
Senators are allowed to claim up to $22,000 in living expenses if their
primary residence is more than 100 kilometres outside Ottawa.
The audit, found that Brazeau spent only 57, or 10 per cent, of the 549
days examined in Maniwaki.
It also found that Brazeau was in Ottawa for 443 days, or 81 per cent of
the time reviewed. In that time period, he spent 76 days, or 14 per
cent, on Senate business in the capital, but could not account for the
remaining 317 days, or 58 per cent, he spent in Ottawa, concluding, �the
nature of which is unknown.�
But the audit also could not �identify visits to Maniwaki during the
months of December 2011 and March 2012.�
The audit also examined Brazeau�s travel claims for trips between Ottawa
and Maniwaki, but could only find evidence for 11 of the 28 days he claimed.
�Given the relatively short travel distance between Ottawa/Gatineau and
Maniwaki, it is possible that Senator Brazeau travelled to
Maniwaki�without making purchases at stores or using his cell phone,�
said the audit. �Overall, we have assessed that all of the trips between
Ottawa/Gatineau and Maniwaki claimed by Senator Brazeau did take place
or could have taken place.�
The audit examined credit card records, cell phone records, bank
accounts and a personal income tax return along with the senators�
travel expense claims and filings.
Brazeau, who was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen
Harper and was once tapped as a government spokesperson on the murdered
and missing women�s file, is already facing assault and sexual assault
charges in relation to a domestic incident involving his former partner.
Brazeau also once wrote a song about murdered and missing Indigenous
women. It was filmed in the living room of his rented home in Gatineau.