Tory minister's campaign spending records raise questions - airline wrote off $18,000 in flights
New records obtained by CBC News are raising more questions about the election spending of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Peter Penashue.
Documents in Penashue's Elections Canada file show he and his campaign racked up $24,711 in flights during the 2011 election campaign, but an airline in his riding wrote off most of that amount under an agreement that appears to have been made months after the election was over.
The cost of the flights that were written off would have put Penashue well over his spending limit. CBC News has previously reported that Penashue's campaign spending records show he was already nearly $4,000 over his limit.
It also appears Penashue still owes $15,000 plus interest on a loan provided by Innu Development Limited Partnership, a company run by two Innu communities to develop business partnerships. Penashue's brother-in-law, Paul Rich, was the CEO of IDLP before he stepped down after the community expressed outrage that Rich made more than $1 million in salary over two years.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/10/16/pol-peter-penashue-election-spending.html
My heavens, a conservative playing fast and loose with election law?! I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I tell you!