* First Quarter/Second Quarter Reports 2022 haven't been posted.
THAT SAID, Detailed Travel Expenditures Reports are clear. @MarkGerretsen ⟨IF⟩ he is benefiting from publicly subsidized fuel (electricity) is also claiming FULL NON-ADJUSTED Kilometre Rate. +
HOW WILL MP @MarkGerretsen, in light of these enquiries (AND in keeping with his own personal knowledge of this matter) approach his future claims for reimbursement of travel expenses?
WILL HE SEEK GUIDANCE on the proper adjustments to be made +
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to the kilometre rate, in accordance with provisions set out in Members' Allowances and Services Manual (MAS)(Chapter 6-3).
IF HE HASN'T ALREADY, will MP @MarkGerretsen disclose to Board of Internal Economy (BOIE) and Financial Management Operations (FMO) ⟨IF⟩ he has been +
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realizing the benefit of publicly funded fuel (electricity) while utilizing EV charging infrastructure within Parliamentary Precinct? (since 2015)
OR, WILL MP @MarkGerretsen decide to continue his present behaviour without any modification whatsoever?
☞ Q: Is there a cost associated with publicly supplied charging infrastructure within the Parliamentary Precinct?
The ANSWER is simple: EITHER 'Yes' OR 'No".
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AND YET, Two Hundred and Forty-seven (247) words later, OF WHICH only Eighteen (18) approach the question, BUT end up sidestepping it.
MP @MarkGerretsen doesn't respond. BUT, he knows the answer.
Why absolute silence, refusal/reticence to communicate? Why 'crickets'?
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THE THREE (3) 'IFs' -
⁍IF EV charging stations within Parliamentary Precinct are publicly subsidized;
⁍IF @MarkGerretsen has been issued a pass to utilize EV charging infrastructure purportedly available to Members (according to another MP) and administered by
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Ottawa using his/her privately owned EV is eligible to claim reimbursement at the approved kilometre rate (MAS, Chapter 6-2, 6-12)
◉ THAT SAID, Financial Management Operations (FMO) cannot be expected to know what has not been disclosed by the Member. Simply 'signing off' +
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would not be authorization, if it came to light that consequential information had been withheld.
◉ FOR EXAMPLE, FMO cannot be expected to have knowledge about whether a commuting Member traveling using his/her privately owned EV was obtaining the benefit of an advantage by +
"When a respected academic and grandson of Holocaust survivors publicly asked a question about this grant, he was smeared as a racist by a Liberal MP. @Chris_Bittle later apologized but only after a public outcry." @brianlilley
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NOT UNTIL there is pushback, or an outcry - as @brianlilley observes - 'the BITTLEs' and 'the GERRETSENs' of this Parliament will continue to unceremoniously flip the un•parliamentary equivalent of the 'Middle Finger' at any constituents and/or Canadians they deem deserving.
🚨IS IT UNREALISTIC to expect one's MP to answer a straightforward & reasonable question?
APPARENTLY for @MarkGerretsen it may be too much of an imposition.
He has NEITHER acknowledged NOR replied to essentially two (2) questions asked on 20 July 2022.(Frame 4) #cdnpoli#ygk
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Mr. Gerretsen has ⟨IGNORED⟩ ten (10) polite reminders/nudges to reply. Plainly, he has decided not to respond.
SO the questions remain unanswered - at least not by himself.
AND YET as recently as yesterday, he finds time to post nonsense like 'Honey Badger' tweet. (Below)
3. Air of nonaccountability (and unmitigated arrogance) encapsulated in his 'Honey Badger' makes it abundantly clear that the answers to these important questions must be obtained ELSEWHERE.
AS A RESULT, I will conduct my own follow up. His own constituents are waiting to hear.
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⁍SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS of political interference have been asserted in formal Public Complaint against Commissioner LUCKI @CommrRCMPGRC for her decision NOT to open Canadian criminal investigation into downing of Flight PS752 (20210827).
Code of Conduct investigation underway.
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🚩 @CommrRCMPGRC does «NOT» address alleged political interference by former Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness @BillBlair and Prime Minister's Office (PMO) @CanadianPM, or @JustinTrudeau.
🚩 She acknowledges BUT then completely sidesteps any direct and +