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Parliamentary Staff and NDP

NDP: There are two issues up for discussion. First, the use of a satellite offices outside Ottawa where the NDP employed parliamentary staff who worked alongside political party staff in a location that was paid for by the party, according to Huffington Post. Here are a few points about what the rules state and who said what to whom when: On Thursday NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair will face off against his political opponents about his partys alleged use of taxpayers resources for partisan gain. What did the NDP actually do and did they break any rules? Second, the use of an MPs franking privileges free and unlimited mail that the NDP used to send close to 2 million letters into Tory and Liberal MPs ridings, including hundreds of thousands into three ridings just before by-elections calls last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.