Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Canadian diplomats are having the government pay for plane tickets that they do not use, and then getting refunds from the airline and pocketing the money. This practice is such that a diplomat posted to Australia with his family can derive benefits equivalent to one third of his annual pay by cashing in his plane tickets.
Given that his government is asking all Canadians to tighten their belts, how can the Minister of Foreign Affairs justify tolerating such an outrageous practice benefiting diplomats?