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Senate offers more transparency, pollster warns politically 'very risky' to manage by Bea Vongdouangchanh (The Hill Times: January 17, 2011) [PDF]

Cutting red tape didn't come cheap; N.B. MP and staff cost $35K over six weeks by Steve Rennie (Winnipeg Free Press: January 11, 2012) [PDF]

Senators' personal expenses finally online for all to see by Althia Raj (Ottawa Sun: January 6, 2011) [PDF]

Auditor General Fraser begins House audit, to look at some MP’s expenses by Tim Naumetz (The Hill Times: November 15, 2010) [PDF]

Senate changes its tune on AG’s audit: gives it green light by Jessica Bruno (The Hill Times: October 11, 2010) [PDF]

AG to examine MP expenses after deal reached (CTV News Ottawa: June 15, 2010) [PDF]

Auditor-General to review MP’s expenses by Norma Greenway (Leader Post: June 15, 2010) [PDF]

VIDEO: CTF pigs on Parliament Hill (Global National News: June 15, 2010)

VIDEO: CTF Pig Brigade (CTV News: June 15, 2010)

MPs, auditor general must meet over expenses by Althia Raj (Toronto Sun: June 14, 2010) [PDF]

Tories float solution to MP expense feud by Gloria Galloway (Globe and Mail: May 26, 2010) [PDF]

Tories to propose MP expense audit (CBC News: May 26,2010) [PDF]

Will the House open its books for Fraser? (CTV News: May 25, 2010) [PDF]

Surrey Conservative MP defends his parliamentary expenses by Crawford Killian (The Hook blog: May 25, 2010) [PDF]

Make MP expenses public: Canadian Taxpayers Federation by Brian Weese (Toronto Sun: May 23, 2010) [PDF]

MP expenses: Scandal in N.S. prompts politicians to push for openness in Ottawa (The Telegram: May 22, 2010) [PDF]

MPs feel the heat over thwarting Auditor General review of their expenses (The Star: May 19, 2010) [PDF]

Canada’s auditor general wants to expose MP expense claims (CBC News: May 19, 2010) [PDF]

Michael Ignatieff wants Auditor General to meet with MPs in expense dispute (Globe and Mail: May 19, 2010) [PDF]

Secretive MPs should follow Toronto's lead on expenses by Kevin Gaudet (Toronto Sun: May 18, 2010) [PDF]

MPs deny Auditor General’s Request to Examine Expenses by Laura Steiner (Suite101: May 15, 2010) [PDF]

MPs deny auditor general access to expose accounts by Bruce Cheadie (Winnipeg Free Press: May 15, 2010) [PDF]

VIDEO: CTV Newsnet interview (CTV News: May 15, 2010) 

MPs' refusal of expense audit prompts the question: 'What are they hiding?' (Vancouver Sun: May 15) [PDF]