Expense scandals undermine Liberals’ ‘we are different’ message

This prime minister’s government wouldn’t be entitled to their entitlements, or so the story went.

Reimbursed moving expenses for Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, left, and principal secretary, Gerald Butts, right—who helped to engineer the Liberals' successful election campaign—became the target of widespread criticism last week. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 28, 2016

Political scandals in Canada come from the strangest places. Who would have predicted the Liberal government would be in the midst of a storm over moving relocation expenses? The symbolism of this story is the most dangerous thing for the government. The Liberal proposition to the public during the...

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