Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has apologized for charges she incurred in hiring a car service. There was the use of a car service in the conducting of my ministerial duties and the costs were too high," Philpott said. The minister's travel charges became an issue last week when it was discovered that she had charged $1,700 for a day of travel around Toronto and Hamilton, Ont. In retrospect, we could have obviously been much more specific and clarified exactly what car service I used in some of my work. The matter is the subject of a complaint to the ethics commissioner from Conservative MP Colin Carrie, who is concerned that the owner of the car service was a volunteer on Philpott's election campaign.

Source: CBC News August 21, 2016 17:03 UTC