expenses
The coffee-maker conundrum
Are we ready to know how our MPs furnish their offices?
Au revoir, Mac Harb
The embattled senator retires and repays
Important reminder: The Prime Minister is not a certified auditor
‘In terms of Senator Wallin, I have looked at the numbers’
The Pamela Wallin audit
The Senate releases its report
What is the Senate’s business?
Awaiting the Pamela Wallin audit
It just didn’t add up
A former British MP is the fourth politician in less than three months to be convicted for claiming bogus expenses
We have only ourselves to blame
The Prime Minister’s Office was very nearly a $10 million operation last year, but only because the Prime Minister is so committed to communicating with each and every one of us.
Your tax dollars at work
The Board of Internal Economy has tabled its latest report of MP expenses. The second biggest expenditure line: ten percenters. Seems the Canadian public was charged $10,182,707.71 for the printing of partisan flotsam during the last fiscal year.
What you can do with a lot of money (II)
The Globe, Star, Post, Canadian Press, CBC and CTV take turns pointing out their favourite expenditure lines from the G8 and G20 reports. The government commends itself on its transparency in this regard.
What you can do with a lot of money
For a billion dollars, this country got to host the G8 and G20 summits. It also got the supplies necessary to organize a pretty kick ass rave.
Compromise Tuesday
Meanwhile, MPs have agreed to let Auditor General Sheila Fraser have a look at the books.
There’s no place like home
The Citizen and Chronicle-Herald delve into the exciting world of Ottawa real estate (also here and here) and question the living arrangement of Liberal MP Judy Sgro. These would seem to be the same stories the Prime Minister’s Office apparently instructed Conservative MPs not to cooperate with.