Angry in the Great White North

From Dan Cook, Garth Turner's speaking tour is off to a confused start:

As noted previously, Ontario MP Garth Turner heads West next month on his unofficial tour to be the next leader of the Liberal Party.

From today's news release: "All of the events have been organized by local residents, and will take place at no cost to taxpayers."

But from Turner's backgrounder we learn: "Who is paying for this? MP Turner and his wife Dorothy are using flights allocated in his existing office budget."

So who exactly funds Turner's 'office budget'? Taxpayers.

The problem is that if Garth Turner wants to be leader of a political party, he needs to set an example of fiscal responsibility and respect for the public purse that...oh wait...never mind...we're talking about the Liberal Party.

I guess Garth Turner has completely embraced the Liberal Party mindset. Taxpayer money is really Garth's money, so no wonder he doesn't think the tour will cost me anything.