MP’s rental scheme ups pressure for general audit

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MP’s rental scheme ups pressure for general audit




By STEPHEN MAHER Ottawa Bureauand GLEN McGREGOR Ottawa Citizen

Tue. Jun 8 - 4:53 AM

OTTAWA — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation plans to launch a publicity campaign today to pressure MPs into opening their books to auditor general Sheila Fraser in response to a Chronicle Herald-Ottawa Citizen investigation that found a Liberal MP has been claiming $22,000 a year in expenses for rent she pays to her children.



http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1186331.html

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