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OLO Parliamentary coffers too depleted to hire permanent chief of staff

OLO's budget dropped by $800,000, pays out an estimated $350,000 in severance and separation.

New Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff can't hire a chief of staff because the OLO has spent a significant portion of its $3.2-million office budget after doling out an estimated $350,000 in severance and separation packages in December to laid-off OLO staffers who worked for former leader

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