Former Parliamentarians Association vows to keep lobbying for funding boost after Tories sink appeal

CAFP president and former Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey says he’s ‘disappointed, but not dissuaded’ by the lack of unanimous consent at the BOIE for a funding increase.

Members of Parliament take part in an orientation session in the House of Commons Chamber in the West Block in December 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 28, 2024

The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians says it’s struggling to fulfill its legislated mandate, but its appeal for more funding—including money for a mentorship program for both new and newly defeated MPs—was recently shot down by Conservatives on the House...

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