Conservatives aiming to block payment for independent senator’s $15,000 poll GlobePolitics
The committee’s vice-chair, Conservative Senator Denise Batters, said in an interview that the Conservatives will urge the committee to send a clear message that election-related polling should not be funded out of senators’ office budgets.Conservative senators will attempt this week to block a $15,000 payment for a public-opinion poll they say is being used by independent senators to support the Liberal Party’s 2019 election campaign.
“It would set a terrible precedent," Ms. Batters said. “This poll has ‘election’ stamped all over it." for the Senate. When asked what words came to mind when thinking of the Senate, some of the most common responses included ineffective/pointless and waste of money.
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