加拿大参议院在审查超过22K美元的索赔申请后,禁止配偶旅行和语言课程报销。 Canada's Senate bans spouse travel and language course reimbursements after scrutiny over $22K in claims.

加拿大参议院禁止向参加语言课程的参议员配偶偿还费用,并在对魁北克参议员Amina Gerba在温哥华申请英语培训的22 000美元申请进行审查后,暂停支付配偶公务旅行的旅费。 The Canadian Senate has banned reimbursements for senators' spouses attending language courses and imposed a moratorium on covering spouses' travel expenses on official trips, following scrutiny over Quebec Senator Amina Gerba's $22,000 in claims for English training in Vancouver. 这些修改得到参议院内部经济、预算和行政委员会的批准,鼓励参议员使用下议院提供的免费语言方案,或在国家首都地区或其家乡省份参加课程。 The changes, approved by the Senate committee on internal economy, budgets and administration, encourage senators to use free language programs offered by the House of Commons or take courses in the National Capital Region or their home provinces. 虽然去年有16名参议员使用免费课程,但参议院没有披露有多少人以前曾参加过培训。 While 16 senators used the free courses last year, the Senate did not disclose how many previously traveled for training. 改革的目的是提高财政问责制和参议院支出的透明度。 The reforms aim to increase fiscal accountability and transparency in senatorial spending.