Liberals reveal Tories relocation expenses for staffers under former Prime Minister

OTTAWA – The Liberals are trying to turn the tables on Conservatives who’ve had a heyday with excessive moving expenses claimed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s two top aides.

They revealed Friday that former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s office paid out almost 325-thousand dollars in relocation expenses for 29 staffers — including a single move for one individual that came in at just over 93-thousand.

But the Tories noted the Harper staffers’ expense claims were run up over nine years, whereas Trudeau’s P-M-O managed to rack up 220-thousand dollars for five staffers in just nine months.

On Thursday Trudeau’s chief of staff, Katie Telford, and principal secretary, Gerald Butts, apologized for claiming a total of 207-thousand dollars in expenses incurred moving to Ottawa from Toronto.

The duo have promised to repay 65-thousand of that.

Yesterday two more chiefs of staff of Liberal cabinet ministers announced they’d be paying back a total of almost 55-thousand dollars in expenses they claimed for relocating to Ottawa.

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