Goodale, Hussen, LeBlanc among highest spenders at government’s exclusive gift bank this year

Fourteen cabinet ministers used the Canadian Heritage gift bank in the first nine months of 2017, with Public Safety Ralph Goodale picking up the largest number of gifts and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spending the largest total, government documents show.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc were the biggest spenders at Canadian Heritage's gift bank from January to September 2017.The Hill Times file photographs

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 29, 2017

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale scooped up the most from a high-end federal government gift shop in the first nine months of the year, 49 gifts, while Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spent the most. Mr. Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) spent $2,419 on 21 gifts, whereas Mr. Goodale (Regina-W...

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