Senators question Internal Economy Committee’s $108,000, ‘sole-source’ media relations contract

Internal Economy Committee Chair Leo Housakos says the Senate communications directorate's task is to do outreach to Canadians about the legislative work of the Senate, not media relations.
He's the boss: Quebec Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos is the chair of the Senate's powerful Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Committee.
The Senate’s Internal Economy Committee has put out a “sole-source” contract worth $108,000 for a communications consultant to do media relations for the committee, and several Senators are asking why a contractor is needed when there are about two dozen people already in the Senate’s commun...

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