Harder calls for independent oversight of Senators’ expenses two years after AG’s report, says current structure ‘inherently flawed’

The Senate's Internal Economy Committee is looking at a variety of models that the Senate could adopt to scrutinize Senators’ expenses, says Quebec Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, chair of Internal Economy Committee.
Government Senate Representative Peter Harder says the Senate should set up an independent oversight mechanish to scrutinize the expenses of Senators. Quebec Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, chair of the Senate's Internal Economy, bristled at the suggestion.
The government's top player in the Senate says it's time the Upper Chamber finally acts on Auditor General Michael Ferguson's 2015 recommendation to establish an independent oversight of Senators' expenses and replace the Senate's Internal Economy Committee as the "ultimate authority" on Senators' e...

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