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The Canadian Progressive: When a satirical $90,000 Sen. Duffy bill enraged the Bank of Canada

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By: Obert Madondo

Satirical Duffy $90,000 Bill

Veteran B.C. newspaper satirist Dan Murphy engaged in a little good old-fashioned Canadian political satire when he created a fake $90,000 bill starring scandal-plagued Sen. Mike Duffy. The Bank of Canada wants us to believe a serious crime has been committed here, according to Times Colonist.

The video below explains the satirical bill’s key ingredients: fake high-tech security features, bacon scent, a singing and burping Duffy and a winking hologram of Nigel Wright, PM Stephen Harper’s former chief of staff.

How does the Bank of Canada respond? It dispatched a threatening email to (Read more…)


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