Questions have been raised about the cost of the three-bedroom apartment, which Global Affairs Canada has said will be the diplomat’s official residence as well as a meeting spot
Canada ’s consul general in New York is among the witnesses being called before a Commons committee reviewing plans by the Liberal government to spend $9-million on a Manhattan condo for the diplomat.
The New York Post reported earlier this month that the newly purchased residence on West 57th Street in Manhattan is located in an expensive area called Billionaires’ Row.The motion was advanced by Conservative MP Kelly Block, who said the issue is consistent with lack of spending controls by the federal government on such projects as the ArriveCan application for cross-border travellers. That project had an initial cost of about $80,000 but ended up costing at least $54-million.
Bloc Québécois MP Julie Vignola told the committee hearing that she agreed with the sentiments inherent in Ms. Block’s motion.
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