Senators still split on bringing outsiders onto new expense-audit committee, as Rules Committee study gets underway

Sen. David Wells says the new Audit and Oversight Committee may not hire a full-time internal auditor for the Senate, instead bringing in specialists for each new audit.

Independent Senator Murray Sinclair, left, said last week that bringing non-Senators onto a new committee to examine Senate expenses could help prevent a 'buddy to buddy' treatment of the Senators under review. Independent Senator Pierrette Ringuette questioned the value of 'Senators overlooking Senator,' but Conservative Senator David Wells said the new committees meetings and reports would be available to the public. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 23, 2018

Three years after Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s explosive investigation into Senate expenses, Senators still haven’t agreed on whether to include outsiders on a new committee to audit Senate spending. The Senate Rules Co...

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