PMO relocation expenses show need for reimbursement caps, say critics

Still, CTF president Aaron Wudrick gives credit to Gerald Butts and Katie Telford for giving back some of their reimbursements.

PMO chief of staff Katie Telford and principal secretary Gerald Butts have given back a portion of their moving-expense reimbursements that caused controversy last week. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

September 26, 2016

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the federal government to clamp down on the kind and amount of expenses senior public servants can claim when they relocate to Ottawa following revelations that the prime minister’s two top aides received more than $200,000 combined when they...

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