OTTAWA — How did MPs spend more than $141 million on their office budgets in the past year? The House of Commons speaker, Geoff Regan, spent the least out of his MP budget, at just over a quarter million. Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu came in second on gift spending, with $7,592, behind caucus-mate Kelly Block, at $8,191. The government had offered each MP’s office plastic multicolour pins (“to be honest, they look cheap,” Gladu said) and about 50 paper flags. Wudrick made the point that for gifts and hospitality expenses, MPs should make sure everything passes a sniff test.

Source: National Post July 12, 2017 21:52 UTC