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Originally Posted by belsarius
I think it’s admirable that he wanted to help out his mother whenever he was in town. And yes he has to have a residence near his riding, and he’s as a hard working cabinet minister he will spend most of his time in Ottawa. He very easily could have called Calgary his secondary residence and as it was with a family member not claimed any expense on it. As a family member owns the house he wouldn’t have been eligible to claim the residence expenses saving the Canadian taxpayer some money.
I take issue with the fact that had it been a different party member, he, like Fildebrant, would have been on the front line of shouting about government waste. I have no issue with a MP claiming an entitlement that they deserve and I don’t think he broke any rules at all. But claiming your primary residence is the basement suite of your moms house and only visiting a couple times a year simply to gain that entitlement is gaming the system. He is as innocent as Duffy was, as innocent as Fildebrant was, but that still doesn’t make it right when you are usually the one to throw the first stone.
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Read the regulations, you're totally off base. He cannot claim the Calgary residence as a secondary, so you're upset about nothing. This has already been stated in SEVERAL of the articles linked to the thread. If you're not going to do any proper due diligence it's probably best if you don't comment.