Liberal MP Fragiskatos tops first-quarter spending thanks to pandemic ad blitz

The Board of Internal Economy Committee recently approved a 20 per cent budget change to be used on public messaging.

Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos, left, Conservative MP Greg McLean, and Bloc Québécois MP Marilène Gill topped the list of biggest spenders in the first quarter. The most frugal MPs that period were Liberal MPs Patricia Lattanzio, Kody Blois, and Peter Fonseca, right. Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

October 7, 2020

An ad blitz to amplify the government’s efforts to help Canadians struggling amid the pandemic vaulted Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos to the top of the list as the House of Commons’ biggest spender in the first fiscal quarter.

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