Mr. Speaker, the numbers are lower because the government hides the expense and that is illegal.
The government is developing a culture of secrecy about the spending habits of cabinet ministers. First, the labour minister was caught hiding the expenses for his plane travel. Now we learn that the transport minister is also trying to cover up his travel expense claims, but we caught him. Ouch.
If the minister thinks that government business requires him to travel around the country, why does he not follow the rules and publish those expenses? Why not?