MLA Expenses
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BC Liberals call for Victoria-area MLAs to lose their $61-a-day per diem for mealsThe B.C. Liberals are looking to see if the legislature has the appetite to get rid of free meals for Capital Regional District MLAs.PoliticsMay 9, 2018
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Alberta MLAs no longer allowed to use companies to rent out their apartmentsIn the wake of a scandal involving Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt and the online rental marketplace, Airbnb, the Alberta Legislature Member Services committee has voted to close the expense loophole.PoliticsSep 14, 2017
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Brian Jean speaks out as Derek Fildebrandt expense scandal widens: ‘It was the wrong thing to do’The former leader of the Wildrose Party and a candidate in the race to become leader of Alberta's new United Conservative Party spoke out on Tuesday about the expense scandal swirling around his fellow party member Derek Fildebrandt.PoliticsAug 15, 2017
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Derek Fildebrandt taking leave of absence as UCP finance critic amid Airbnb controversyDerek Fildebrandt is taking a leave of absence as finance critic for the United Conservative Party.PoliticsAug 10, 2017
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Derek Fildebrandt Airbnb scandal reaction: Greg Clark says Albertans are ‘right to be upset’Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark is calling for a review of MLA expenses after learning United Conservative Party (UCP) MLA Derek Fildebrandt had advertised his downtown Edmonton apartment, which was subsidized by taxpayers, on AirBnB.PoliticsAug 10, 2017
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Derek Fildebrandt advertised taxpayer-subsidized apartment on Airbnb: ‘when I have an empty house, I use AirBnB’A politician with Alberta's United Conservative Party, who also serves as finance critic for the Official Opposition, came under fire Wednesday night after a report emerged that he had been advertising his Edmonton apartment, which is subsidized by taxpayers, on Airbnb.PoliticsAug 10, 2017
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