Taxpayers demand accountability for $21 million dollars waste

On May 20, 2015, The Star published an article “Cost of audit into Senate expenses expected to hit $21 million”. It was to our astonishment and disappointment that Canadian tax payers are expected to pay for this audit.

Canadian tax payers work hard to earn their bread and butter, and pay our due taxes trusting the money will be spent in the best interests of Canadians and wisely by the Government of Canada.

Canadians do not authorize nor elect Senators into Parliament; therefore, our tax money should not be used to launch audits of the Senators' questionable spending habits. The cost of this audit should be recovered from the Senators themselves who are found guilty and the political parties which appointed them to the Senate.

We, Canadian taxpayers, are opposed to the waste of our tax dollars investigating Senators. This responsibility should fall on the political parties which appointed them.

Regards.

Jaffar Hashmi
Canadian Taxpayer