Mike Duffy Is Suing Government for $8M: Here’s What We’re Reading

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. Mike Duffy is suing Canadian govt. for $8 million

“The suit seeks $6.5 million in general damages, $300,000 for loss of income and benefits and $1 million in punitive damages relating to the treatment Duffy faced during the Senate expenses scandal.

“In a statement, the P.E.I. senator said Conservatives are still in control of the Senate’s powerful internal economy committee — which deals with budget and other personnel matters — and they have proven they are ‘not interested in correcting the unjustified actions taken against me by the Senate.'”

CBC News

+1: Nigel Wright’s $90K payment to Mike Duffy still under investigation by ethics watchdog – Toronto Star

2. Trudeau plays down concerns of ‘uncontrolled immigration’

“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians can continue to have confidence in the country’s immigration system, and defended his government’s response to the surge of asylum seekers who have avoided regular border crossings to enter Canada from the United States this summer.

“‘I can understand the concerns that Canadians have about whether this is a shortcut, whether somehow this is uncontrolled immigration,’ the Prime Minister said on Wednesday. ‘The rules on Canada’s immigration system continue to be enforced.'”

The Globe and Mail

3. Harvard study: Exxon ‘misled the public’ on climate change for nearly 40 years

“For nearly 40 years ExxonMobil publicly raised doubt about the dangers of climate change even as scientists and execs inside the oil giant acknowledged the growing threat internally, according to a Harvard University study.

“‘We conclude that ExxonMobil misled the public,’ the researchers wrote in the peer-reviewed study that was published on Wednesday.”

CNN

+1: Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining – BBC

4. Drop in Toronto home prices prompts new warning: seller beware

“A recent drop in Toronto region home prices — after months of frenzied buying — has caused a spike in buyers looking to exit or renegotiate purchase agreements. It’s widely considered to be part of the fallout from the Ontario Liberal government’s housing market cooling policies launched on April 20.”

Toronto Star 

5. Can anything stop rural decline?

“Small towns across Japan are on the verge of collapse. Whether they can do so gracefully has consequences for societies around the globe.”

Citylab