As Canadians’ frustration with the Senate reaches all-time highs, there is finally some good news regarding one of the upper house's seemingly countless ongoing scandals.
Two weeks ago, the Huffington Post broke the story of a Senate committee that paid a significant bonus to its chair and vice-chair despite not having met in two years. The story was reminiscent of the Alberta no-meet committee – which was exposed by the CTF – that almost brought down the government of Premier Allison Redford.
Conservative Chair Elizabeth Marshall received $11,200 annually while Liberal Senator Jim Munson, the committee’s vice-chair, received $5,600.
But shortly following the publishing of the story, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan moved a motion that was passed stripping the Senators of pay for the committee when it doesn’t meet.
The move also followed closely on the heels of the CTF’s call for an Accountability ACT 2.0, which would see greater transparency in Parliament by posting the expenses of politicians online.
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