What?! Fellow Canadians, Did You Read This News?

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I don’t read our local newspapers like the Calgary Sun very often. My son brought home a Calgary Sun today and this is the news that caught my attention: $1,700 limo fee for one day! No, this is not about a newly-wed young couple having a limo ride after their wedding heading to the airport for their honeymoon. It was what the government of Canada paid for our Health Minister Jane Philpott’s limo ride going to attend meetings in the Toronto area for just one day. Whew! Wait, don't react yet! According to the news our Health Minister also had to ride a special car from the same limo company to attend a July gathering of the Assembly of First Nations in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It cost the government a measly sum of $1,994.00! Whew (again)! Her office also paid $3,814 to the same limo company (owned by a certain Mr. Shirani, a volunteer on the Health Minister’s election campaign last year) for 20 trips to the airport before flying to Ottawa for ministerial business according to the news. Whew (again)! Well, I am just an ordinary Canadian citizen, working hard to support my family. I am not a Health Minister, so I just drive a Ford car to go to work. Driving a car to go to work is a necessity for me; while our Health Minister, going to work, needs to ride “luxury”cars. O, this morning I gave a couple of quarters to a homeless man begging money at a busy intersection. Note: Picture of limo - courtesy of Pixabay.