And what were you saying about Trudeau's State Dinner visit????

Harper's baseball trip hit taxpayers with $45,000 tab

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Labour Day-weekend trip to Manhattan last fall, which included coveted tickets to a New York Yankees game and a Broadway show, cost Canadian taxpayers at least $45,000, documents reveal.

Documents obtained under Access to Information reveal only some of the trip's cost. They include $34,633 for the use of the Challenger Jet and another $11,026 for the expenses of four staffers who joined the prime minister during the private family trip.

However, government officials have declined to provide CBC News with other costs linked to the trip last September, such as expenses incurred by the prime minister, two more aides and a defence attaché who took part in the three-day excursion.

Costs were not provided related to the RCMP officers who accompanied the prime minister on this personal trip. RCMP officials say the documents detailing those expenses can’t be released because they contain sensitive information that could affect security and the conduct of international affairs. RCMP are required to accompany Harper for security reasons even on personal travels.

The flight manifests show there were nine passengers on the government jet. They included:

• The prime minister.
• Jeremy Hunt, his executive assistant.
• Jason Ransom, his official photographer.
• Sara MacIntyre, his press secretary.
• Veronica Gerson, a PMO special assistant for tours.
• A DND warrant officer.

The prime minister's office did not offer an explanation about the role of these staffers on the trip.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/harper-s-baseball-trip-hit-taxpayers-with-45-000-tab-1.1204212

For those of you who are unaware..Veronica Gerson, a PMO special assistant for tours. is Stephen Harpers hairdresser..... yes folks he brings her everywhere at your expense.