Brad Trost urges former Harper aide Guy Giorno to repay moving expenses
OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Brad Trost wants a key aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper to repay some of the moving expenses he was reimbursed for eight years ago.
“What’s good for the Grit is good for the Tory,” the Saskatchewan MP said Monday in a video message posted to Twitter.
The Liberals came under fire last week when they disclosed that taxpayers shelled out $1.1 million to move about four dozen political staffers to Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the election last fall.
That included $207,000 for top aides Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s principal secretary and close personal friend, and Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff.