Editing Mac Harb (section)

== Senate expense scandal ==
{{Main|Canadian Senate expenses scandal}}

On December 6, 2012, Harb was named in relation to the [[Canadian Senate expenses scandal]] due to expenses for a property in [[Pembroke, Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/568714/a-look-at-key-dates-in-the-evolution-of-the-senate-expense-claim-controversy/|title=Timeline: Key dates in the evolution of the Senate expense-claim controversy &#124; Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}}</ref> In May 2013, the Senate Internal Economy Committee found that Harb had incorrectly claimed $51,482.92 of living and travel expenses and ordered him to repay it, which was done by July 5, 2013.<ref name="Harb repays $51K ">{{cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senator-mac-harb-repays-51k-in-expenses-1.1407975?cmp=rss | title=Senator Mac Harb repays $51K in expenses | publisher=CBC | date=4 July 2013 | access-date=15 July 2013}}</ref> The committee had earlier advised Harb to repay $231,000 of claimed expenses dating back to 2005 to avoid an extensive audit into his finances.<ref name="Harb repays $51K " /> Harb stated that his repayment was done "under protest" since he intended to challenge the validity of the committee's findings in the Ontario Divisional Court.<ref name="Harb repays $51K " /> On August 26, 2013, he repaid a further $180,166.17, for a total reimbursement of $231,649.07, after which he resigned his Senate seat.<ref name="Senate scandal: Mac Harb resigns">{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/26/senate_scandal_mac_harb_resigns.html | title=Senate scandal: Mac Harb resigns | publisher=Toronto Star | date=26 August 2013 | access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> In February 2014, Harb was charged with fraud and breach of trust in connection with these expense claims.<ref name="Mac Harb, Patrick Brazeau charged with fraud in Senate scandal ">{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mac-harb-patrick-brazeau-face-fraud-related-charges-in-senate-scandal/article16680901/ | title=Mac Harb, Patrick Brazeau charged with fraud in Senate scandal | work=[[CBC News]] | date=4 February 2016 | access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> Those charges were later withdrawn by the Crown in May 2016, after the acquittal of Senator [[Mike Duffy]] on his own expense-related criminal charges.<ref name="Criminal charges dropped against former senator Mac Harb ">{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/criminal-charges-dropped-against-former-senator-mac-harb/article30104970/ | title=Criminal charges dropped against former senator Mac Harb | publisher=CBC | date=20 May 2016 | access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref>