Finance Minister said delayed reimbursement for 2017 family trip was oversight
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Finance Minister Bill Morneau revealed Wednesday that he has just reimbursed the WE organization in the amount of $41,366 for travel expenses the organization covered for personal trips he and his family took to Kenya and Ecuador in 2017.
Mr. Morneau told MPs that he, his wife and daughter travelled to Kenya in the summer of 2017 to learn about WE school projects and then he and his family took another trip that year to view WE projects in Ecuador.“In recent days, our family has conducted a review of our personal records, and we found documentation to confirm our payment of expenses for these two trips, including flight and personal hotel costs of approximately $52,000.
“My practice has always been to personally pay for expenses incurred in my role as finance minister. Whenever I believe there to be any perception of potential personal benefit. The error this time, even though I was not traveling in my role as minister, should not have happened. I can also confirm that my family made two significant donations to the WE organization, each for $50,000.
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