Do you suspect that your MP, now back in the riding for the summer break, has been cheating on his or her expense claims? According to a recent Harris-Decima poll, an overwhelming number of Canadians – an astonishing 89 per cent of British Columbians among them – believe it’s “very or somewhat likely” their political representative has had a hand in the cookie jar.

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OTTAWA — An MP stands accused of trying to get taxpayers to help foot the bill for haircuts and tooth whitener.

Two others are engaged in a battle with Elections Canada over whether they have to claim as election ads certain ads they erected before the election.

They are landlords, lawyers, restaurateurs, store owners, consultants, investors, public speakers, corporate directors, a realtor, a chiropractor, an insurance broker, a nurse, a doctor and a club director. They are also our members of Parliament.

The office of Parliament’s “ethics” commissioner has become a bad, sad joke. But the “new” relationship between the RCMP and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is alarming for a First-World democracy.

The debate over Justin Trudeau’s speaking fees has raised questions about what MPs and senators should be allowed to earn on top of their parliamentary incomes.

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