MPs need more cash to be more relevant, need bigger budgets

Parliamentary secretaries won't be rotated every two years under Paul Martin's government

MPs should get a boost to their Members' Operating Budgets so they can hire more research staff to help them play the more independent role expected of them under Paul Martin's government which has made fixing the so-called democratic deficit a major priority, says Liberal MP Stan Keyes, the part...

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