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POWER:
Cheslatta First Nation makes a power play
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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Riders get ready to roll Sunday from CN Centre parking lot for the 2013 Salvation Army Toy Run. The annual fundraising event collects toys for children to be distributed by the Salvation Army at Christmas.
Harris tops MP expense list Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com Is Dick Harris worth more than Nathan Cullen? He certainly costs more. About $100,000 more. Members of parliament expenditures were released this week with Harris, the MP for Cariboo-Prince George, billing $515,243; one of the costliest MPs in the country. Cullen, MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley had expenditures of $416,368 for the period April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013. Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer was almost exactly midway between the other two with expenditures of $461,244. For all three, the largest expenditure is employees’
salaries. Harris’ staff cost $264,641, Cullen’s $212,767, and Zimmer’s $257,553. So where are the differences? Travel is a big expense for all three MPs. Harris, however, travels more than the other two with travel expense bill of $$77,753. Cullen is also putting the miles on with travel expenses of $76,507. Zimmer isn’t on the move quite a much billing out only $$56,945 in travel costs. Harris’s travel expenses, however, are much larger in the category of designated traveller, which is someone he can designate to travel with him. Harris’ designated traveller bill was $51,773 while Cullen’s was $5,752 and Zimmer’s was $5,879. For dependents travel, Cullen billed $8,869, Zimmer billed $9,119, and Harris $14,493.
Cullen is more apt to take staff with him when he travels, billing $22,703 for staff travel. Zimmer billed $11,503 in staff travel while Harris billed $14,137. Harris billed $9654 in accommodation and per diem expenses, Zimmer billed $6,406, and Cullen $2,616. All three are also accommodated for keeping a secondary residence in Ottawa with costs coming in fairly equal. Harris billed $16,500, Zimmer $19,800 and Cullen $18,383. Zimmer spent the most of the three on advertising and constituency office leases with an advertising bill of $12,118 and a constituency office cost of $41,093. Harris spent $1,240 on advertising and his constituency office cost $18,997. Cullen spent $9,556 on advertising and $23,184 on his constituence office.
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