The average Canadian living in Red Deer or Halifax who goes on a trip would notice if there was, say, a $400 expense that they didn't pay, maybe a hotel room for a couple of nights that never got charged, and they paid immediately.
You're telling me that on this obviously very luxurious trip, $41,000 of expenses happened right under your nose and you didn't know about it until it suddenly, through an epiphany, came to your attention the very day you were to testify about it in a parliamentary committee. You expect us to believe that?