Newly released expenses for federally appointed judges show they seem to be a frugal lot. The other 792 federally appointed judges presiding in courts across the country who filed expenses billed almost $1.7 million for incidentals — triple what they filed for travel. It's not clear if these travel expenses were incurred after the COVID-19 outbreak, since judges are allowed to file expenses from the previous quarter. The Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs audits approximately 22,000 expense claims annually from approximately 1,200 federally appointed judges across Canada. "We are pleased that this first proactive publication of judicial expenses strikes the right balance between openness and the need to protect judicial independence," reads a statement from the CJC.

Source: CBC News July 28, 2020 23:48 UTC