Senator Patrick Brazeau is again making headlines for all the wrong reasons

Senator Patrick Brazeau is again making headlines for all the wrong reasons, this time over the annual $20,000 housing allowance for claiming his principal residence is in Maniwaki, Que. Senators are entitled to the allowance if their principal residence is at least 100 km outside of Ottawa. Maniwaki is 130 km from the capital. But CTV News has uncovered that Brazeau is rarely seen in that region of the province. Brazeau rents a house in Gatineau with his girlfriend, but says he still lives at his father’s house in his hometown of Maniwaki when the Senate is not sitting. “Only the papa,” said the butcher when CTV asked who lived in the house across the street. The local letter carrier has stated mail addressed to the senator has never been delivered at the home, CTV revealed. CTV News is claiming the senator has financial difficulties, despite earning an annual salary of $130,000. Over the holidays, Brazeau bakes and sells his own homemade meat pies at a Gatineau bar to make extra money, CTV claims.