BRAZEAU ACQUITTED OF DRUNK-DRIVING CHARGES

Senator Patrick Brazeau has been acquitted of drunk-driving charges that date back to 2014. The news was confirmed by the clerk at the courthouse in Gatineau, Que. Brazeau is still fighting one more criminal charge, stemming from an April 2016 incident when he allegedly refused to submit to an alcohol test. The 42-year-old has gone through a long judicial saga that began in 2013, when he and other Senate colleagues were charged with allegedly making inappropriate housing expenses. The charges against him were eventually dropped. He was kicked out of Conservative caucus after the scandal broke but returned to the Senate in 2016 to sit as an Independent. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to reduced charges related to assault and cocaine possession and received an unconditional discharge.