Binnie to table final expense arbitration report in Senate’s Internal Economy Committee next month

Senate to unveil new independent oversight plan to review and approve Senators’ expenses in the next “few weeks:” Housakos

Former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie told The Hill Times that he expects to table his final expense arbitration report in the Senate’s Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Committee next month. Quebec Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos who is the chair of the Internal Economy Committee said that the committee will unveil a new independent oversight plan to monitor the Senators’ expenses in the next few weeks.Courtesy of law firm of Lenczner Slaght and Jake Wright, The Hill Times

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BY ABBAS RANA

January 25, 2016

Former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie, who is responsible for overseeing the arbitration proceedings of Senators whose $1-million in inappropriate expense files were flagged by Auditor General Michael Ferguson last June, says he's expecting to file his report next month to the Senate’s Internal...

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