Yes, this is how the government spends our tax dollars ...
Thursday, March 17, 2005 Back The Halifax Herald Limited
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Peter McCreath, chairman of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp., is at the centre of criticism over expense claims.Booze boss runs up
big expense tab
$1,400 tequila seminar bill part of 5-month, $3,500 expense totalBy AMY SMITH / Provincial Reporter
The chairman of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. racked up nearly $3,500 in expenses in less than five months.
Taxpayers will pick up the cheque for $305.87 for Peter McCreath's stay at the casino hotel in Halifax on Dec. 10, the night of a Christmas dinner for NSLC board members and executives. Nova Scotians will also have to pay $43.48 for his cab to Hubbards the next day.
Not only did he stay o/nite at one of the most high-end hotels in the city, we paid for his cabfare home the next day!
Cost of his hotel room: $ 305.87
Monthly food allowance for disabled person in NS: $124.00
Public Servant? Pish Posh!!!