The travels of Justin

Some questionable spending on “relocation services” has been brought my attention at Conservative Life:

2.25 BILLION for “Relocation Services”: Going to Luxury Hotels, Spas, Golf Resorts

When most of us move, we load our stuff onto a U-Haul and spend the night at the Howard Johnson’s. Not so if you are employed by the government and a friend of the Liberal Party. Besides van line contracts for the Department of National Defense, our money is being spent for some pretty over the top accommodations/vacation spots. Just look at some of the contracts awarded by Public Works and billed as “relocation services”:

I’ve never seen a Howard Johnson’s, but I’ve done the U-Haul my fair share of times and couldn’t help but use photoshop to bring to life the image that I conjured in my mind.

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This image is licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. Just like the original I used and the blank version you are welcome to use to create your own parody.

It’s just my parody, of course, while we all ponder what Hon. Scott Brison meant when he described his stated expenses as simply making sure that “Canadian public servants will get the relocation services they need with the best possible value for Canadian taxpayers.” To be fair, I’m curious why Mr. David Chatters questioned the Honerable Minister and apparently let the matter drop. I’m sure I don’t have the full picture, but perhaps things will become clear.

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