[Makarov]

Originally Posted by CaramonLS

Slava, I think the point you're missing is that a lot of us work in the private sector, have to travel for business and actually have a fair amount of hurdles to jump through for accounting for our travel.

I work for a company where if I want to fly, I have to fly with a very specific criteria (airline restriction), if not, I have to make a case to my VP Finance as to why I should take another flight (cheaper, better times to get to the city, etc).

I have specific approved hotels I can stay at where our company has negoitated discounted rates.

I have specific restrictions on car rental - and if I want to exceed those, I need a good reason.

I have a $ meal limit as well.

I don't think this is uncommon, I'm sure others have examples too. People are being critical (at least I am) because I do make travel arrangements within parameters every single time I book it, with the goal to not be a drain on the company and to do it at a reasonable cost and be reasonably comfortable when doing it.

The government is the single largest employer in this province, and the people who elect them typically have to work with restriction similar to what I mentioned, but somehow, people elected into public office are now outside of that? That is why people are angry.

I think that a more fair comparison would be between Ms. Redford's travel budget and the travel budget of the CEO of your employer, or even better yet, the CEO of an organization as large as the Alberta government.