NDP continues court challenge against BOIE, but current, former MPs repaying money, Cleary says it ‘left a bad taste’

On Nov. 3, the BOIE filed an appeal of the Oct. 24 Federal Court decision to allow the NDP's challenge to go ahead. It' will now go to the Federal Court of Appeal.

NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault, NDP MP Pierre Nantel, former Newfoundland NDP MP Ryan Cleary, and NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice were among a long list of NDP MPs ordered to repay money by the Board of Internal Economy in 2014, totalling almost $4-million. The NDP's court challenge of this decision continues. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

November 6, 2017

The NDP’s court challenge against the powerful House Board of Internal Economy’s 2014 order to repay almost $4-million in expenses continues and in the meantime current and former NDP MPs have paid the money back or are currently doing so by having their expense reimbursements docked. “Every ...

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