Parliament Hill: Canadian Press and Attendance Records

parliament hill: Peter Harder said the Senate made some progress over the last 12 months with a new expense-disclosure regime that gives Canadians more details on how senators are spending public dollars, according to Brandon Sun. The upper chamber also posted attendance records online figures that were previously available for viewing by appointment only at the Senate's administrative offices near Parliament Hill. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Sen. But the Senate has yet to respond as an institution to auditor general Michael Ferguson's recommendation to run regular internal audits, something he sees as a priority for the upper chamber, Harder noted. That kind of external validation would act as the same sort of reference government departments and private companies use to make sure they are adhering to so-called best practices, he added. He also said the Senate should heed Ferguson's call to have an outside body of experts provide spending oversight instead of relying solely on senators to police themselves. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.