MP Expenses Released

Northwestern Ontario Members of Parliament are not the most thrifty in the country.
The three M.P.’s spent a little more than average to run their constituency offices and to travel to and from Ottawa last year.
Kenora M.P. Greg Rickford had the highest expense total at $480,000.
Rickford has been thrust into a bigger role with the government as he was named Parliamentary Assistant to Aboriginal Affairs last year before becoming Minister of State for Science and Technology and FedNor.
The average M.P. spent $399,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31st.
Rickford’s expenses were slightly higher than Thunder Bay-Atikokan M.P. John Rafferty, who spent $459,000, and Thunder Bay-Superior North M.P. Bruce Hyer who came in at $428,000.