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The President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission spent $288,000 on travel in 19 months 

Luxury hotel, $12,000 plane tickets: 

a senior public servant even had her luggage carrier reimbursed

PASCAL DUGAS BOURDON and CHARLES MATHIEU , Journal de Montréal, Monday, November 27, 2023  https://tinyurl.com/ydmpyaa3 
$1,000 per night accommodation in a luxury hotel with luggage porter, business-class airfare 

to Tokyo, Dubai and Vienna: the outgoing President of the Canadian Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has multiplied her expensive trips at taxpayers’ expense.  According to a compilation by our Bureau of Investigation, Rumina Velshi was reimbursed $288,000 in business travel in 19 months between January 2022 and July 2023. 

She is by far the biggest spender in the senior federal civil service, spending $100,000 more than any other publicly employed executive… (more)

November 28, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, Canada, politics