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ON ALL MAJOR APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE ON YOUR SEARS FINANCIAL T CREDIT CARD OTTAWA - Patrick Brazeau has gone from sitting in the Senate to helping run a strip club. The suspended senator, who faces criminal charges in connection with the expense scandal that roiled the upper chamber last year, is now working as a manager at an Ottawa strip joint. Brazeau has been spotted insidetheBarefax Gentlemen's Club in recent days, but he declined Wednesday to speak to reporters camped outside the establishment who trailed him inside to the door of his office. Carmelina Bentivoglio, the daughter of the club's owner, said Brazeau interviewed for a job as a day manager two weeks ago. He'll be responsible for " scheduling, hiring, firing, inventory - just like any other job," she said. He'll oversee between 25 and 30 employees in his new job, which he started Monday. " He was looking for a job, was speaking with my family member. He knew that I was looking for somebody," Bentivoglio said over the din of a pulsing pop- music beat. " So it just kind of landed on us, really. That was it." Brazeau is on three months' probation, like any new hire, she said. And as far as special skills he might bring to the operation? " Probably public speaking," Bentivoglio said. " He probably will be good with customers." Working at the Barefax is the latest in a string of odd jobs for Brazeau since he was suspended from the Senate last fall. He took to Twitter to find work and tried his hand as a columnist for the Halifax version of Frank magazine, a separate entity from the Ottawa publication of the same name that first reported on Brazeau's new job. The magazine canned him after one- and- a- half columns, prompting an apology from the editor for subjecting readers to Brazeau's " narcissistic ramblings." Brazeau has been without a steady Senate paycheque since his suspension in November. Prior to that, his pay had been docked to recover more than $ 48,000 in inappropriate housing and travel expenses. Earlier this month, the Mounties charged Brazeau and former senator Mac Harb with one count each of fraud and breach of trust in relation to their travel and living expense claims. - The Canadian Press By Steve Rennie and Ben Makuch Suspended senator working at strip club SCAN PAGE TO SEE VIDEO Patrick Brazeau T OLUCA, MEXICO, Mexico - They don't see eye to eye on the major irritant between their two countries, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U. S. President Barack Obama projected a bit of genuine warmth at the socalled Three Amigos summit on Wednesday. It might have been the sunny, high- altitude climes in the scenic Spanish colonial corner of Toluca, the hometown of their host, Mexican President Enrique Pe�a Nieto. Or it might have been the fact both Harper and Obama had staked out their positions in advance on the divisive Keystone XL pipeline project: the prime minister wants approval, the president wants to respect the approval process. During their 30- minute private discussion in Mexico, Obama at least appeared to have politely heard out Harper on the TransCanada project. The president then had affectionate words for Canadians and for Harper, calling him " Stephen" at one point during his remarks after the two leaders strolled through the Cosmo Vital Jardin Botanico, an enormous Toluca greenhouse renowned for its spectacular stained- glass windows. " My brother- in- law is Canadian, so you know I have to love Canadians," Obama said to laughter. But he added the fact Canadian and American men's and women's hockey teams are soon facing off in the ongoing Winter Games could cause him to " not feel as warm toward Canadians until the Olympic matches are over." Harper echoed Obama's light- hearted tone during his own brief comments. " Barack, it's always great to see you, and I like my brotherin- law too," Harper said. Keystone wasn't mentioned at all publicly until a final news conference during which the Canadian media contingent raised it with both Harper and Obama. The president, as expected, noted the pipeline was at the mercy of an approval process he acknowledged Canada might find " a little too laborious." " But these are how we make these decisions," he said. The president reiterated that how Keystone influences global greenhouse gas emissions would affect the American decision. Harper countered his views in favour of the pipeline " are very well known" by Obama. But he pointed to the recent State Department decision that found the pipeline would not cause a notable increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier, Obama told a business forum the United States, Canada and Mexico will always have " parochial interests." Obama said trade between the three countries is part of an integrated supply chain that allows them to sell their products and services around the world. " We have every incentive to make this work," Obama said, urging the business audience at the summit to help push for progress. " If in fact we're going to continue to build and strengthen... then you can't just leave it to politicians alone," he said. " When people understand what this means in terms of job creation and when they hear that from you, it's that much more persuasive." The two leaders held their bilateral meeting a few hours after Harper sat down with TransCanada officials in nearby Mexico City - and just as a judge struck down a Nebraska law that allowed the pipeline to proceed through the state. That ruling will undoubtedly lead to even further delays for the controversial project. - The Canadian Press By Mike Blanchfield Two amigos share a moment SCAN PAGE TO SEE VIDEOS FROM MEXICO SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS Stephen Harper ( left), Enrique Pe�a Nieto and Barack Obama. A _ 11_ Feb- 20- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A9 2/ 19/ 14 9: 28: 24 PM ;