OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his current chief of staff’s involvement in the Duffy affair stating that he’s still got plenty of time before authorities catch up to him.
Harper explained that the investigation involving the PMO will take months, if not years before they discover what Novak was actually up to.
“Ray Novak will always have my confidence for the next 12 months at least,” Harper said about the man who was purportedly present during the creation of the plan to give Mike Duffy a $90,000 bribe. “In my books, he’s got plenty of time. Besides, [the RCMP] haven’t even found the juiciest of emails and messages yet. ”
Harper pointed to Bruce Carson, Peter Penashue, Pamela Wallin, Saulie Zajdel and Dean Del Mastro as examples of member of his inner circle who weren’t charged until well after the fact
“And there’s plenty more from where that came from,” added Harper.
