OTTAWA — Two more senior Liberal staffers who received six-figure relocation expense payments have decided they are not, after all, entitled to their entitlements. In its first nine months in office, the Liberals expensed $1.1 million for political staff relocation costs, including $116,330 paid to three staffers in Catherine McKenna’s Environment office. One senior Conservative admitted that if he had wanted to move a senior person to Ottawa, he would have urged Stephen Harper to pay full moving expenses. It appears that senior Liberals resolved that if they could claim, they would, safe in the knowledge that they would be sanctioned by their political bosses. The Conservatives are making the case that by signing off on the relocation expenses for PMO staff, Trudeau displayed a lack of judgment.

Source: National Post September 23, 2016 22:41 UTC