Spotlight on Claire Trevena’s $60k trip to Kenya while she was Deputy Speaker
Mornings with Simi
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As the scandal continues at the BC Legislature with the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms suspended over allegations of lavish spending, it turns out Transportation Minister Claire Trevena took her husband along for a trip to Kenya in 2010 to attend a meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
The trip cost $60,000 and she was Deputy Speaker at the time. Trevena says since then the rules have changed and spouses are no longer allowed to go on such trips.
Guest: Kris Sims
BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation
As the scandal continues at the BC Legislature with the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms suspended over allegations of lavish spending, it turns out Transportation Minister Claire Trevena took her husband along for a trip to Kenya in 2010 to attend a meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
The trip cost $60,000 and she was Deputy Speaker at the time. Trevena says since then the rules have changed and spouses are no longer allowed to go on such trips.
Guest: Kris Sims
BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation