If you haven't heard that Lindsay is holding an Olympic Torch Celebration on Dec. 16, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes- Brock MP Barry Devolin wants you to know you're invited. The MP will be mailing a flyer to approximately 50,000 residents in the riding as soon as possible, a spokesman in his office confirmed toThe Lindsay Post. The mailing comes not long after it was revealed that Devolin spent $80,406 on flyers in the year ended March 31. He ranks eighth in Parliament for spending on mailings. Mailings are part of the House of Commons service, the spokesman said. There is no spending limit and the cost is picked up by taxpayers.
An analysis bySun Mediaof spending figures tabled in the House of Commons for the year ended on March 31, shows that the cost to taxpayers for MPs printing has soared to $10 million in 2008/09 compared to $5.9 million in 2005. Dev o l i n ' s spokesman said they don't know the cost of mailing the Olympic torch invitations to residents. He said they were asked by the city's Olympic Torch Celebration committee to do it. "They didn't have the advertising budget," he said. In an onlinePostpoll this month, 95% of respondents said Devolin should not have spent over $80,400 on mail out flyers. The invitation encourages people to join Devolin at the celebration in Lindsay. It includes a reproduction of one of the posters the city has been using to promote the event that says the celebration is scheduled to begin in Lindsay at 10 a. m. The torch relay will first go through Omemee at 10:30 a. m., which is not mentioned in the invitation or on the poster
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