300 military personnel received same moving benefit as Andrew Leslie
Around 300 military personnel annually have been granted the same moving benefits as Andrew Leslie, a retired general and aspiring federal Liberal candidate who was singled out for government criticism after he billed the Department of National Defence $72,000 for a move within the city of Ottawa.
Leslie, a former army commander, became the focus earlier this year of Conservative government attacks after becoming eligible and claiming his moving expenses under a DND benefit program called Intended Place of Residence, or IPR.
It pays for the moving and associated costs of Canadian Forces members when they leave the military. In Leslie’s case, he moved from one Ottawa home to another, a process termed by the DND as an “in-city” move.
“We do know annually in recent years there have been approximately 300 final moves classified as in-city,” according to DND documents obtained by the Citizen
DND could not provide a breakdown of the ranks of those 300 who moved within their own cities in the last year.
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