BC Legislature Spending

              A former Liberal Speaker of the legislature says she’ll make herself completely available to auditors and others investigating spending abuse allegations that occurred under her watch. New Democrat Garry Begg says Linda Reid was Speaker from 2013 to 2017 and must account for claims made in the current Speaker’s report. It alleges flagrant overspending by two top officials in the legislature who were placed on administrative leave last November amid an ongoing R-C-M-P investigation. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver has called for Reid to step down from her post as assistant deputy Speaker.