If a legal issue arises while Members are carrying out their parliamentary functions, the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel may, in certain situations, refer Members to outside counsel for representation. In such cases, Members may ask the Board of Internal Economy to reimburse their legal fees.
The Legal Fees Policy is in place in order to ensure that the process and procedures for the reimbursement of legal fees are widely understood, and to provide additional measures to ensure a harassment and violence-free workplace for employees and Members. The following disclosure is made at the end of each quarter, pursuant to the Legal Fees Policy.
2024-2025
April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| October 1 to December 31, 2024 |
2 |
34,560.55 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2024 |
2 |
7,286.02 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2024 |
1 |
550.00 |
2023-2024
April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2024 |
3 |
4,567.37 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2023 |
0 |
0.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2023 |
0 |
0.00 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2023 |
1 |
10,594.72 |
2022-2023
April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2023 |
4 |
18,594.85 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2022 |
0 |
0.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2022 |
1 |
310.00 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2022 |
1 |
1,855.00 |
2021-2022
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2022 |
1 |
1,000.00 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2021 |
0 |
0.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2021 |
2 |
57,030.02 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2021 |
0 |
0.00 |
2020-2021
April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2021 |
0 |
0.00 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2020 |
1 |
9,841.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2020 |
0 |
0.00 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2020 |
0 |
0.00 |
2019-2020
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2020 |
0 |
0.00 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2019 |
1 |
5,000.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2019 |
0 |
0.00 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2019 |
3 |
54,853.22 |
2018-2019
April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| January 1 to March 31, 2019 |
1 |
1,508.09 |
| October 1 to December 31, 2018 |
2 |
5,406.80 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2018 |
3 |
12,680.93 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2018 |
4 |
17,938.76 |
2017-2018
March 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| March 1 to March 31, 2018 |
1 |
21,294.78 |