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.
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 Board approved and adopted the Legal Fees Policy on March 1, 2018. It was amended on January 28, 2021 and June 2, 2022. The following disclosure at the end of each quarter is made pursuant to the Legal Fees Policy.
2022-2023
April 1 to December 31, 2022
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| October 1 to December 31, 2022 |
0 |
0.00 |
| July 1 to September 30, 2022 |
1 |
310.00 |
| April 1 to June 30, 2022 |
1 |
1,855.00 |
2021-2022
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
|
Number of Requests |
Amount ($) |
| 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 |