House covered $440,000 in MPs’ moving expenses for entire last year, tax watchdog says amount ‘reasonable’

But former NDP MP Peter Stoffer says MPs should foot the bills themselves if they want to move furniture from home for living arrangements in Ottawa.

Former NDP MP Peter Stoffer pictured in his old Hill office in the Confederation Building on Parliament Hill as he prepared to pack it last fall after losing his seat in the election. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

October 3, 2016

The House of Commons spent almost $440,000 on MPs' moving expenses last year—with minimal costs covered compared to senior exempt political staffers—and even one of the government's most ardent critics of spending says these MP expenses are “reasonable.” Aaron Wudrick, federal director of ...

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