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Legal Fees Policy Disclosure

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 ($)
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