Making a home away from home: MPs room together to cut costs, gain company

NDP MP Finn Donnelly says along with helping to reduce costs, having a fellow MP, like Don Davies, as a roommate gives him a brain to pick about parliamentary work.
Longtime roommates and Conservative MPs Kevin Sorenson, left, and David Anderson, pictured in Mr. Sorenson's Hill office in the Justice Building.
Becoming an MP means living part-time in Ottawa, often hundreds of kilometres away from family, which can be a lonely experience.  A number of MPs have opted to live together while in the capital, not just for the company, but also to reduce expenses. In their early days on the Hill, Conservative...

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