Senate leaders caught up in AG expenses audit, sources say - Politics - CBC News
The three most powerful figures in the Senate will be among those flagged by the auditor general to repay inappropriate expenses, sources tell CBC News.
Senate Speaker Leo Housakos, Claude Carignan, the government leader in the Senate, and Opposition Leader James Cowan — who sit on the subcommittee handling the response to the audits — are among 21 senators found to have filed ineligible expenses, the sources say.
Another nine senators were found to have "big problems" with ineligible expenses and will be referred to the RCMP for criminal investigation following the auditor general's exhaustive two-year review.
CBC News has also learned that 50 copies of the auditor general's report will be handed over the Senate today as well as to the Prime Minister's Office. The report won't be made public until next Tuesday, giving staff the weekend to craft talking points in response to the auditors' potentially damaging findings.
The three most powerful figures in the Senate will be among those flagged by the auditor general to repay inappropriate expenses, sources tell CBC News.
Senate Speaker Leo Housakos, Claude Carignan, the government leader in the Senate, and Opposition Leader James Cowan — who sit on the subcommittee handling the response to the audits — are among 21 senators found to have filed ineligible expenses, the sources say.
Another nine senators were found to have "big problems" with ineligible expenses and will be referred to the RCMP for criminal investigation following the auditor general's exhaustive two-year review.
CBC News has also learned that 50 copies of the auditor general's report will be handed over the Senate today as well as to the Prime Minister's Office. The report won't be made public until next Tuesday, giving staff the weekend to craft talking points in response to the auditors' potentially damaging findings.
