MLA expenses will be online by year’s end
Posted Sep 29, 2010 05:53:01 AM.
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Nova Scotia taxpayers will be able to track their MLA’s spending habits by the end of the year.
Director of Administration Deborah Lusby says they are working a few bugs and hope to begin collecting the information for online posting by Nov. 1.
The website will have all the details of expensed purchases, except for one – the identity of the vendor.
“That’s my understanding,” said Speaker Charlie Parker. “The amount, the type of purchase, the date of purchase and so on [will be identified online], but not the actual vendor.”
Online expense reporting was recommended by the province’s auditor general after his February report exposed excessive and inappropriate MLA expenses.
