Trudeau aides’ $200,000 moving expenses allowed, but public service is a calling, not an opportunity to cash in

But what Gerald Butts and Katie Telford expensed—and what Justin Trudeau signed off on—isn’t out of line with what has happened before. In fact, the rules were created under Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford and principal secretary Gerald Butts, pictured in this file photo at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa watching Mr. Trudeau at a press conference.
TORONTO—When I was a kid, my parents moved around a lot. But despite their best efforts, I always found them. [Badda-boom! – Ed.] Okay, okay. That’s Rodney Dangerfield’s joke, not mine. And there’s nothing funny about the moving cost controversy now buffeting the year-old Justin Trudeau ...

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