Andrew Coyne — The defenestration of Mike Duffy followed all of the rituals prescribed for such events. First, a party consigliere, in this case Tim Powers, is sent out in public to suggest the condemned man should do some “soul-searching,” and look at “how he can…

Marilla Stephenson — The great mystery in the Mike Duffy expense scandal is not that the former TV news star manipulated his expenses. Too many politicians seem able to shrug off the excessive consumption of public money for anyone to be surprised about that.

Murray Mandryk — Lost in the Senator Mike Duffy scandal is what exactly he’s done to deserve such lavish treatment. It may actually a bigger, more important question than Canada’s never-ending debate over the value of the Canadian Senate itself, because it delves…

Rex Murphy — … Mr. Duffy was chosen not as a “representative” but as a “weapon.” It is all so clear now Like many a supersluth before me, I was deceived. Such is the labyrinthine guile of the unsmiling man in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Sun Media — When the Commons returns Tuesday, and the festering mess in the Senate closes in on full stink, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be jetting to Peru and Colombia to discuss bilateral relationships. In other words, he will be conveniently out of Dodge.

Anthony Furey — All across the country, Canadians will be sitting down over the long weekend asking the same questions: What the heck is going on with our politicians? Which ones can we trust? Why the constant scandals?

National Post — Tom Mulcair has not hitherto been known for holding his tongue on matters that cause him great moral offence. There was, for example, his bug-eyed tirade against Maclean’s and Andrew Coyne, then the magazine’s national editor and now a National Post columnist…