MPs billing thousands more on average in expenses in first full year of Liberal rule

Collectively, House members recorded $141-million in expenses in 2016-17 in the first full fiscal year in a 338-member House of Commons.

Expenses for House members, pictured last year awaiting an address by then-U.S. president Barack Obama, surged by some 25 per cent over the past year, an increase of nearly $30-million compared to 2015-16, which was interrupted by a federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Rachel Aiello

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 21, 2017

MPs are charging taxpayers 11.6 per cent more for office and travel costs since the Liberals took office, with expenses soaring by $29-million over the past year, new House of Commons statistics show. Collectively, House members racked up $141-million in expenses in 2016-17, a roughly 25 per cent ...

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