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CHIMO

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:24 PM Jun 2012

Oda's travel expenses cause dissent in Tory caucus

Opposition MPs aren't the only ones making Bev Oda's spending habits a thorn in the government's side – her own colleague, Conservative MP John Williamson, is also raising them as a point of contention within their caucus.

Williamson used to head the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and was also Prime Minister Stephen Harper's director of communications before he stepped down to run for his New Brunswick seat.

He confirmed to CBC News that he brought up the minister of international co-operation's travel and hospitality expenses behind closed doors at a weekly Conservative caucus meeting. Williamson would not elaborate on what he said, citing caucus confidentiality.

A spokesman from his office, however, said that what Williamson told the caucus could be taken in the context of his previous job with the CTF – an organization that advocates on behalf of taxpayers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/01/pol-oda-expenses-friday.html

No honour among, or between, thieves.

The in fighting has begun. The winners have the podium and have nothing left to say!

The progressives are having second thoughts. The Reform are ramming everything down. And the Harris holdovers are hanging on for their dear lives.

Expect a very exciting fall.

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