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HOZ · 01-26-2009, 04:50 AM

Ok, it was listed as "incidentals" but what else could it be?

But 40K on airfare alone seems a tad high.....

Government expense reports say Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian International Development Agency, paid $13,856.46 just for airfare to the Ghana conference last September. Accommodation cost $1,750.92.

The records indicate Biggs was in Ghana from Aug. 28 to Sept. 5 for a meeting scheduled Sept. 2-4. She also visited field projects, says an emailed response from agency spokeswoman Jo-Ann Purcell.

Another $805.44 was claimed for expenses described only as "other." Purcell clarified that $475 of that total was for medical shots, while another $330.44 was for "incidentals."

01-26-2009, 04:50 AM	#1
HOZ Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Canadian aid agency blow 330 bucks on Tequila shots Ok, it was listed as "incidentals" but what else could it be? But 40K on airfare alone seems a tad high..... Government expense reports say Margaret Biggs, president of the Canadian International Development Agency, paid $13,856.46 just for airfare to the Ghana conference last September. Accommodation cost $1,750.92. The records indicate Biggs was in Ghana from Aug. 28 to Sept. 5 for a meeting scheduled Sept. 2-4. She also visited field projects, says an emailed response from agency spokeswoman Jo-Ann Purcell. Another $805.44 was claimed for expenses described only as "other." Purcell clarified that $475 of that total was for medical shots, while another $330.44 was for "incidentals."