Saskatchewan’s Opposition wants to know why a provincial cabinet minister thought it was a good use of public money to sightsee around Paris in a chauffer van when he was supposed to be at a conference.
The NDP released invoices filed by Dustin Duncan, the minister in charge of the province’s natural gas utility, relating to a trip last year to Paris.
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The Opposition says the receipts indicate Duncan billed taxpayers for a chauffer van to take him to Napoleon’s Tomb and the Arc de Triomphe when he was supposed to be touring pavilions at the World Nuclear Expo.
NDP critic Aleana Young says the expense shows the governing Saskatchewan Party is out of touch.
The invoices indicate Duncan billed about $3,500 for the chauffer van over five days, at a cost of $700 per day.
Duncan has been at the centre of a conflict between Ottawa over Saskatchewan not remitting the carbon levy.
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