UPDATE (12:53pmET): The committee has called for Wallin to repay an additional $82,079 in travel expenses, with interest. The internal economy steering committee must determine if a further $20,978 in claims must be repaid.
The committee referred the matter to the "proper authorities" for further investigation. They also restricted her future travel expenses to flights between Saskatchewan and Ottawa for Senate business. All other travel must be preapproved.
WATCH: Reaction from Senators Gerald Comeau and George Furey
Senate committee report on Wallin expenses by 247politics
Deloitte audit of Senator Pamela Wallin's expenses by 247politics
WATCH: Pamela Wallin's statement (Aug. 12, 2013)
Liberal Senator George Furey, the committee's deputy chair, called it a "difficult time for the institution," though the controversy surrounding Wallin, Partick Brazeau, Mike Duffy, and Mac Harb would give senators an opportunity to better explain their role to the Canadian people.
UPDATE (12:53pmET): The committee has called for Wallin to repay an additional $82,079 in travel expenses, with interest. The internal economy steering committee must determine if a further $20,978 in claims must be repaid.
The committee also referred the matter to the "proper authorities" for further investigation.
WATCH: Pamela Wallin's statement (Aug. 12, 2013)
- See more at: http://www.cpac.ca/eng/today-in-politics/committee-tuesday-wallin#sthash...-Andrew Thomson
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Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration: Senators meet again to discuss the Deloitte audit of Pamela Wallin's expenses after receiving the report yesterday.
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