Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage. “Democracy Watch” has now stated that the trip to Banff should be listed as an election expense because the speech she gave amounted to blatant electioneering.
Not only did the minister spend $55,000 on a personal trip on a Challenger, but a further $4,000 so that two political aides could accompany the minister. This flagrant abuse of the law and taxpayer money is both robbery and snobbery.
Why did taxpayer dollars pay for two political aides to attend a non-partisan event when they simply handed out Liberal election pamphlets?