MP Tables Motion to Review Governor General’s Travel Expenses in Relation to $100,000 Catering Bill
Bloc Québécois MP Julie Vignola has tabled a motion to call more witnesses and examine all governors general travel expenses since 2015, including Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, as an opposition MP says a committee was “misled” by witnesses who tried to downplay Simon’s recent Middle East trip that may have cost almost $100,000 in catering.
During a meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on Oct. 6, Vignola said she received about 500 emails from taxpayers who were upset about the spending on Simon’s trip, and Conservative MP Kelly McCauley said he received about 1,300 in one day.
Vignola requested three meetings with witnesses from the Department of National Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development, Department of Canadian Heritage, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police….