Luxury hotel, $12,000 plane tickets: a senior public servant

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Luxury hotel, $12,000 plane tickets: a senior public servant even had her luggage carrier reimbursed

The President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission spent $288,000 on travel in 19 months

PASCAL DUGAS BOURDON and CHARLES MATHIEU Journal de Montréal, Monday, November 27, 2023
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(This is a translation by Jean-Pierre Finet of a portion of a French language article, reproduced below.)

$1,000 per night accommodation in a luxury hotel with luggage porter, business-class airfare to Tokyo, Dubai and Vienna: the outgoing President of the Canadian Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has multiplied her expensive trips at taxpayers' expense.

According to a compilation by our Bureau of Investigation, Rumina Velshi was reimbursed $288,000 in business travel in 19 months between January 2022 and July 2023.

She is by far the biggest spender in the senior federal civil service, spending $100,000 more than any other publicly employed executive…

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