Retired AF Guy
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Retired AF Guy said:Looks like the PM and family have had enough fun in the sun and are heading back to Ottawa.
Brihard said:With the hours any PM works, I'm not going to begrudge them their vacation time - interrupted, as it frequently is, with dealing with work stuff. 'vacation' for a PM is not a state of affairs that resembles the sort of vacations we take. With everything that can be levied as legitimate criticism at him (or at any PM for that matter) the angst over his occasional bits of time off has always seemed silly to me.
Retired AF Guy said:Totally agree with you; the PM and his family deserve to go off on holidays and enjoy themselves. Mind you two weeks in Costa Rica paid by the taxpayers is not to shabby.
He can’t or won’t pay for his own nanny you really think he pays his hotel bill?dapaterson said:PM pays for his own accommodation. PM reimburses the crown for the commercial cost of any personal air travel. So the PM pays the same that any other person would pay, out of pocket, for vacations.
The incremental costs forced by the office (RCMP security requirements including CAF aircraft, secure communications etc) are not paid by the PM.
Does he buy carbon offsets for the multiple private jet flights to Costa Rica? Or is only for us in the middle class to stop climate change?dapaterson said:PM pays for his own accommodation. PM reimburses the crown for the commercial cost of any personal air travel. So the PM pays the same that any other person would pay, out of pocket, for vacations.
The incremental costs forced by the office (RCMP security requirements including CAF aircraft, secure communications etc) are not paid by the PM.
PuckChaser said:Does he buy carbon offsets for the multiple private jet flights to Costa Rica? Or is only for us in the middle class to stop climate change?
PuckChaser said:Does he buy carbon offsets for the multiple private jet flights to Costa Rica? Or is only for us in the middle class to stop climate change?
Brihard said:By 'private jet' do you mean the RCAF aircraft that his position pretty much renders a necessity, and which greatly simplifies the job of protecting him and his family from harm?
Brihard said:Can't find an answer on that, however it was reported fairly widely that his campaign purchased carbon offsets for all the various campaign flights, FWIW. And of course he's subject to the carbon tax like the rest of us.
By 'private jet' do you mean the RCAF aircraft that his position pretty much renders a necessity, and which greatly simplifies the job of protecting him and his family from harm?
Quirky said:Highly unlikely it was a RCAF transport VIP aircraft knowing the reliability and current age of those things. I’d take my chances on a Aurora or Globey.
Quirky said:Highly unlikely it was a RCAF transport VIP aircraft knowing the reliability and current age of those things. I’d take my chances on a Aurora or Globey.
SupersonicMax said:They would not be using CFC1 without the PM onboard. Perhaps they came back empty using another callsign?
Retired AF Guy said:The fact that the PM went on holidays doesn't concern me that much, but the fact that his flight was visible on any flight tracking site does. Bad security if you ask me.