Duffy was suspended without pay for nearly two years over the Senate expenses scandal, for which he was ultimately acquitted of 31 criminal charges in 2016.

Every now and then, a government is tossed a softball that they can hit out of the park and gain some much needed adulation from the masses.

The government is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to quash an order for the release of documents about four senators at the heart of the 2013 Senate spending scandal.

Neither the government nor the Senate have responded yet but conventional wisdom suggests that Duffy has a pretty good case.

Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson says she considers Nigel Wright's actions "undoubtedly improper'' and a violation of ethics rules.

The Senate is opening the door to the idea of outsiders taking a second look at its spending.

Senator Mike Duffy has started filing expense claims in Ottawa again, just over three months after he was cleared of all criminal charges linked to his past expenses.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is replacing the old system of patronage for choosing senators - a promise that followed an ethics kerfuffle in which P.E.I. Senator Mike Duffy played a starring role.

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is back at work and says someone has to be held accountable for the fact that he has spent the last three years of his life under what he called false allegations of misspending and wrongdoing.

Senator Patrick Brazeau will no longer face trial over his Senate housing expenses.