MPP who received thousands of dollars in child-care costs from their riding association says they believed it was “common practice” within the party to bill donors for personal expenses.caught up in an expense scandal in which riding associations agreed to top up their taxpayer-funded salaries in the form of MPP allowances.
“Just talk to the local riding association to see if that was an option and [whether] people on the riding association felt comfortable doing ,” the MPP was told.The MPP believed it was “something that was generally known” within the PC caucus and said they were specifically told what could be charged to the constituency association.
“Essentially, if I was really hard up for child-care costs that you know, that was an option,” the now-former MPP said.8 Ontario Progressive Conservatives received thousands of dollars in ‘allowances’ Ultimately, the politician discussed the costs with their constituency association, provided receipts and was reimbursed thousands of dollars for child-care fees after members of the riding “voted in favor of those expenses.”
Ironic the Conservatives take full of advantage of taxpayer funded day care but fight against regular people receiving the same.
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