My question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
The Auditor General reports the minister and his wife flew to Boston and New Orleans aboard a government-owned Challenger. The Auditor General says the cost of this trip was
$172,920 versus $5,356 had the minister and his wife travelled by commercial airline.
My question to the minister is this: is it departmental policy that the minister use taxpayer-owned aircraft at vast expense when commercial flights are available?