To date there has been no mention of an
alternative for seniors or the disabled. However, along with this story I
thought I'd resurrect this one which the government and the press quickly
hushed up.
Harper Gives EU Leaders $300,000 Plane Ride For Free: CBC Report
A high-priced 'victory lap'
Among the invited guests at the
Royal York Hotel event in Toronto was Greg Thomas, director of the Canadian
Taxpayers' Federation — a supporter of free trade but not of lavish spending.
Thomas said his organization would send a cheque to the government for the cost
of his attendance, and added that the Airbus freebie was a waste of taxpayers'
money.
"Victory
lap or not, there's no excuse on blowing 300 grand on short notice for what
amounts to a political show."
"Many
Canadians," Thomas added, "can stomach the expense of hosting the
royal family when they come to Canada." But, he said, "having royal
treatment afforded to European bureaucrats is not something that's going to go
down, I think, in any part of the country.... They could have done this in
Ottawa. They could have saved $300,000 and it would have had the same
effect."
The
NDP's Don Davies, MP for Vancouver Kingsway, agreed.
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