For the first time ever, British Columbians can take a gander at how much it’s costing to fly politicians around the province.
The Legislative Assembly has released travel expenses for all 85 MLA’s for the first half of the year, after a scathing report by the auditor-general on a lack of transparency and accountability for such spending.
In all, MLA’s spent one and a half million dollars on travel and related expenses in the first half; another 86-thousand was spent on travel by parliamentary committees.
The largest spender so far: Skeena MLA Robin Austin at about 54-thousand dollars.
Number two on the list, house speaker Bill Barisoff from Penticton, at 46 thousand. Detailed receipts are not being made available at this time.
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