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Once, before the Senate and the scandals and the infamy, Mike Duffy was the most recognizable broadcaster in Canada, beloved by millions who relied on his insider accounts to interpret the machinations of political Ottawa.

That seems a long time ago now. Since Stephen Harper fulfilled Duffy’s most ardent ambition in December 2008 and named him to the Senate — be careful what you wish for — he has been in a downward spiral of epic proportions.

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Senator Mike Duffy says he’s eager to quickly get into a courtroom to face fraud and breach of trust charges.

A day after the RCMP announced 31 charges had been laid against him, the former Conservative was spotted leaving his cottage in Cavendish, P.E.I., on his way to retrieve his dog from a kennel outside of Charlottetown.