Liberals, Bloc mum on whether they will keep expensing home internet
Over just those three months, the internet charges added up to over $16,000, with MPs charging anywhere from $70 per month to over $200. That cost is on top of an MP’s office budget of just under $400,000, which covers staff, office rents and other expenses like phone and internet service for constituency offices.
“While these expenses were allowed under the standing policy of the House of Commons, Conservatives will cease any expensing of home internet charges going forward.”Article content “During the COVID-19 pandemic, we brought forward measures to allow Canadians to claim tax deductions for expenses related to working at home, such as the cost of the internet,” she said. “
According to the statement, the Liberals’ whip, Steve MacKinnon, who was among the MPs charging for home internet, has told all Liberal MPs to end the practice.Article content“At the next meeting of the Board of Internal Economy, the Government House Leader will propose a change … so that MPs can no longer charge those home internet expenses for themselves and their staff to the House of Commons.”
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