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Really?
After certain events, I understand virtually every public servant/bureaucrat in Canada had to take an at-least-one-day course on Values and Ethics. Do Senators get such things? Do they get briefings on the rules? Do their staff? If a dummy like myself can find the above reference ....
Here's what the Treasury Board has to say about meals in and out of Canada while travelling:A Conservative senator today bristled at questions auditors have put to her about her expenses, saying she shouldn't be expected to eat airline breakfasts.
"If you want ice-cold camembert with broken crackers, have it!" said Senator Nancy Ruth.
Ruth said auditors had taken issue with "a couple of times that my assistant put in [a claim] for a breakfast when I was on a plane, and they say I should have not claimed because I should have eaten that breakfast. Well, those breakfasts are pretty awful.
"I just don't think they understand anything of what it's like to have to fly around the world to get here to Ottawa." ....
A meal allowance shall not be paid to a traveller with respect to a meal that is provided. In exceptional situations where a traveller has incurred out of pocket expenses to supplement meals provided, the actual incurred costs may be reimbursed, based on receipts, up to the applicable meal allowance.
After certain events, I understand virtually every public servant/bureaucrat in Canada had to take an at-least-one-day course on Values and Ethics. Do Senators get such things? Do they get briefings on the rules? Do their staff? If a dummy like myself can find the above reference ....