Senate seeks intervener status to back House BOIE in ongoing court battle with NDP

The NDP’s court battle with the Board of Internal Economy has been ongoing since 2014; the actual merits of the case still have yet to be dealt with.

NDP MPs Alexandre Boulerice, left, and Ruth Ellen Brosseau are among the dozens of current and former NDP MPs caught up in the party's ongoing challenge of the House Board of Internal Economy's 2014 decisions ordering the repayment of almost $4-million in expenses overall. The case has been dubbed Board of Internal Economy et al. v. Boulerice et al. Ms. Brosseau called the Senate's recent move to seek intervener status in the matter a 'pile-on.'The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 23, 2018

The NDP’s court challenge of the House Board of Internal Economy’s 2014 order for NDP MPs to repay almost $4-million in expenses continues, with the Senate now seeking intervener status to support the BOIE’s appeal of a Federal Court decision to allow the case to be heard. “I suspect they�...

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