Liberal MP Scott Simms does not regret voting with the Conservatives over a controversial change to the student summer jobs program — even though it ended up costing him his job as chair of the Commons fisheries committee. Monsignor Frank Puddister, chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John’s, is one of the people opposing the change to the summer jobs program. "It was wide off the mark," said Simms, who is in Vienna this week with the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association. The punishment comes with a cost: committee chairs earn $11,900 on top of their regular MP salary. Simms was not the only MP disciplined for supporting the Conservative motion.

Source: CBC News April 19, 2018 23:37 UTC