Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright wrote a personal cheque for $90,172 to pay back Senator Mike Duffy’s living expense, CTV has revealed. The government has confirmed the gift of the money from Mr Wright, a wealthy businessman and lawyer. “Mr. Duffy agreed to repay the expenses because it was the right thing to do,” Harper’s spokesman Andrew MacDougall said in a statement. “However, Mr. Duffy was unable to make a timely repayment. Mr. Wright therefore wrote a cheque from his personal account for the full amount owing, so that Mr. Duffy could repay the outstanding amount.”
