OTTAWA — The NDP says it has received a hopeful signal in its legal dispute over former satellite offices in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City. “We have always been of the view that the NDP misused public funds and should therefore reimburse taxpayers,” LeBlanc said. We have always been of the view that the NDP misused public funds and should therefore reimburse taxpayersThe board of internal economy is the only body responsible for addressing the NDP’s satellite offices and this misuse of public funds, LeBlanc said at the time. New Democrats say Commons administrators grossly inflated the amount of money contributed from their office budgets towards the salaries of satellite employees. The affidavit, written by Prof. Maxime Saint-Hilaire at the University of Sherbrooke, argues the satellite spending issue is not a matter of parliamentary privilege.

Source: National Post May 27, 2016 13:48 UTC