You have said you don't believe there should be stiffer penalties for violation of the act. This is an unusual violation in the sense that for this improper vacation, the four violations you found associated with the decisions and the actual vacation itself generated almost $250,000 in costs to the Canadian taxpayer in security, in staff, in technology, for friends and camp followers, if you will, taking part in this unauthorized vacation. Do you not see that there is some sort of moral, if not ethical, obligation to repay beyond the mere payment of the equivalent of commercial airfares?
On January 10th, 2018. See this statement in context.