A generous expense allowance MPs receive for travel between Ottawa and their ridings and for lodging during the 26 weeks they will spend in the capital this year escaped Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget axe.
A memo to MPs from party officers who sit on the top-secret Commons Board of Internal Economy that manages House of Commons budgeting informed them of a $382 hike in the allowance effective last Friday, on April 1.
The...
Source: The Hill Times
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