House committee spending dipped to $2.6-million last year, more reports released

In the last fiscal year, House committees spent about $2.55-million, down from $3.26-million in 2016-17.

Conservative MP and Liaison Committee vice-chair Tom Lukiwski said the higher travels costs in the previous two years compared to the late Harper years may have been due to a 2014 NDP procedural trick, in which the party withheld committee travel consent in order to protest the lack of consultation on the Conservatives' controversial Fair Elections Act.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

June 7, 2018

House committees pared back on expenses last year, spending roughly $2.6-million, after running slightly over budget the year before, according to a recently released report

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