Brown, who resigned as Progressive Conservative leader amid sexual misconduct allegations he denies, said the spending involved severance payments that were all above board. Former legislator Lorenzo Berardinetti spent the next highest amount on support staff with $84,376, and former legislator Sarah Campbell spent the next highest amount on office operations at $15,179. According to the document, Brown hired two new staffers within days of his resignation as Tory leader, bringing his staff complement up to five. Tory legislator Randy Hillier, a former caucus colleague who has been critical of Brown since his resignation as party leader, called on provincial police to probe the matter. “There’s 300,000 reasons why, to start with.”Hillier said most legislators have two to three office staff and try to spend their office and staff budgets carefully over the course of a fiscal year.

Source: National Post October 18, 2018 19:18 UTC