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Canadian Press Newswire

OTTAWA _ Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.

A Canadian Press investigation found as many as one of every five chairpersons on the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees gave money to political parties, riding associations and election candidates while they served on the tribunal.

Despite rules to contrary, many receiving plum patronage jobs after donating to Conservatives

Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press, The Waterloo Record

Dozens of people appointed to plum patronage jobs have been donating to the Conservative party, despite government rules that forbid it.

A Canadian Press investigation found as many as one of every five chairpersons on the Employment Insurance Boards of Referees gave money to political parties, riding associations and election candidates while they served on the tribunal.

Olesia Plokhii, iPolitics

A heated committee meeting on reforms to the temporary foreign worker program Tuesday highlighted division among industry, labor and government on the file, exposing the complexities of the program and the difficulty in striking a balance that satisfies stakeholders.

Northumberland View

OTTAWA — New Democrat critic for Human Resources and Skills Development Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), tabled a motion in the House of Commons today to split the Budget Implementation Act (C-60) by removing clauses changing the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the temporary foreign workers program and referring them to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Clearly the agenda is to end Canada's participation in the IPU: NDP MP Charlton

Kristen Shane, Embassy

A parliamentary council's decision to stop paying Canadian membership fees to a club of more than 160 parliaments worldwide has left Canadian branch leaders disappointed and readying to fight full withdrawal.