Independent Senators secure $262K budget boost, despite Tory pushback over doing ‘government’ work

The largest group in the Red Chamber now has roughly $984,000 for the 2017-18 financial year.

Independent Senators Group facilitator Yuen Pau Woo says the ISG will use the extra budget money to hire a communications director as well as translation and research staff. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

December 13, 2017

The Independent Senators Group’s quest for equality in the Upper Chamber reached another milestone last week, as the budget for what is now the largest group in the Senate got a $262,000 boost. The additional funding brings the ISG’s total budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year to roughly $984,000,...

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