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Judge: I disagree with Crown ... we are dealing with a very knowledgeable witness re Senate and if he is not aware of something we'll be moving on to another matter and we will not be wasting time. It will be entered at this time as exhibit A.
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B: Has constitutional concept of residency ever been defined? A:No it hasn't been defined because Senate has never had to hear a case, and the body defining it would be the Senate.
A: Primary residence isn't part of the constitution... they are administration and finance rules, which may or may not jive with constitution.
B: As far as I can remember primary and secondary residence aren't defined // B: So not defined in the senate admin rules? A: Not as far as I can remember *** -
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Duffy's lawyer is using dictionary definitions of primary.by Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:35:17 PM
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If a "primary" residence is of most important and constitutionally most impt is province of residency residence to qualify asks Duffy lawyerby Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:37:04 PM
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Now Bayne is on key part about having a primary residence more than 100 km from Ottawa who can collect $by Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:37:58 PM
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Bayne says provincial and primary residence are equated in Standing Committee document. Says committee was delegated to run finances.by Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:40:16 PM
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Memo says Senate "never disqualified anyone for not being a "resident" of their province of appointment, providing they own property there"by Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:48:48 PM
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Bayne asks if it would be a viable threat to threaten to disqualify a Senator if they didn't do a particular thing, bc Senate has that powerby Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:51:24 PM
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Audcent says a reader of this memo could get confused to think residence and property are the same thing.by Mercedes Stephenson via twitter 4/8/2015 4:55:29 PM
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Coffee break... a very well behaved pup resists the urge to sample some of her owner's tasty, warm bagel snack. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCFlImJWMAEs0C2.jpg
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Maybe if I stare longingly enough... and inch closer... #izcanhazbite http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCFmfBfW8AEM49R.jpg
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Memo: 'My interpretation of this is that there has been a longstanding convention that so long as a Senator owns property in his or her province of appointment then they are allowed to sit as a Senator from that province, even if they live in Ottawa 99% of the time'
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They're now going on about Senate Administrative Rules. Of note, there are no definitions for "primary residence" and "secondary residence" -- it doesn't appear in the document. (There are definitions for "provincial residence" and "National Capital Region residence"). The lack of definition it appears may be key to defence's argument.
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A: The rules reflect the senate as a body, we can't have every rules in detail or it's 700 pages. It's intend to be the fundamentals that govern the admin of senate. Senate Administrative Rules definition reads: "National Capital Residence" - "that is not the Senator's provincial residence"
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