Satellite Offices
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NDP optimistic over new development in satellite office legal disputeThe NDP says it has received a hopeful signal in its legal dispute over former satellite offices in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City.CanadaMay 27, 2016
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Trudeau vetoed out-of-court settlement over NDP’s taxpayer-funded satellite officesJustin Trudeau has vetoed an out-of-court settlement in the long-running dispute over the NDP's allegedly improper use of parliamentary resources for partisan purposes, The Canadian Press has learned.PoliticsMar 11, 2016
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Reality Check: Conservatives take aim at the NDP’s satellite officesThe Conservatives released a new ad aimed at the NDP, targeting their alleged misappropriation of taxpayer funds for satellite offices. Are the claims true? Yes, but not entirely.PoliticsJul 31, 2015
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NDP MPs will have expense claims denied until they pay back disputed funds: DuncanNew Democrat MPs who are on the hook for $2.7 million for allegedly using parliamentary resources for partisan purposes now face the prospect of having their expense claims denied by the House of Commons.PoliticsJun 30, 2015
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Mulcair: ‘Old-time’ parties won’t have the audacity to hobble ‘surging’ NDPThe ongoing saga, with the NDP’s use of satellite offices at the centre, is simply the Conservatives and Liberals waging a partisan attack on the high polling official Opposition, says Mulcair.CanadaJun 14, 2015
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NDP’s awkward position: why negotiate settlement if did nothing wrong?New Democrat MPs insist they did nothing wrong when they used parliamentary resources to pay the salaries of employees in satellite party offices.CanadaFeb 4, 2015
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Cost of satellite Conservative ministerial offices soarThe cost of paying Conservative political staffers working in a network of satellite minister's offices ballooned by 70 per cent during the same years the government was asking departments to tighten their belts.PoliticsSep 18, 2014
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5 things to know about the NDP satellite offices Commons hearingThomas Mulcair's reaction through hours of grilling on the operations of the NDP's satellite offices, and how he tried to turn the tables on the Tories.CanadaMay 15, 2014
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