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Sep 24

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New Session of Parliament #HoC and ALREADY @MarkGerretsen 'forgets' [italics] about his own Point of Order from the last day of the previous session.🤦‍♂️

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With my compliments @MarkHar40004449 (Smiling)

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Sep 22

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* 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. +

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HERE'S WHAT TO WATCH FOR:

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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Andy Brooke

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Sep 2

The QUESTION is (painfully) straightforward.

☞ 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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Sep 1

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☞ SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON

READER SENDS email to MP @MarkGerretsen (LEFT), and reply from "Office of MP Gerretsen" (RIGHT).

Gerretsen (adroitly) sidesteps the question asked (Frame 2) and of course, before closing, includes the obligatory and boilerplate disclaimer.

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WHAT WAS ASKED & WHAT THE 'MAS' (Members Allowances and Services Manual) STATES

◉ It couldn't be more clear: "Members may not seek the reimbursement of expenses ... provided to them at no additional cost".

◉ "Other items" (substitute, 'publicly subsidized fuel')

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🎥 ParlVU Video:

⁍MP @MarkGerretsen acknowledges using EV charging stations located within Parliamentary Precinct (not accessible to the general public);

⁍Since 2015

https://twitter.com/AndyBrookeLmstn/status/1549807192680833029?s=20&t=QApZtxfFHQfw9lP_88G_lg

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Andy Brooke

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Aug 30

You miss the point.

You have also (adroitly) stepped around MAS, Chapter 6-3 (Red Highlight).

✅MAS does not distinguish between Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and gasoline-powered vehicles.

✅Any MP who travels to/from constituency and +

LINK:

https://twitter.com/AndyBrookeLmstn/status/1564625654435430402?s=20&t=Jo5eGD5NqJoPK2-VKKuZMQ

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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 +

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Aug 30

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"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

CONTINUED ...

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.@brianlilley continues: "He, as other Liberal MPs, take their cues from the guy at the top and it isn’t good."

The expression, 'a fish rots from the head down' comes to mind.

SO, FOR AS LONG AS MPs can smear or disregard others ⟨WITH IMPUNITY⟩ +

https://twitter.com/AndyBrookeLmstn/status/1563145484557885441?s=20&t=0KwJNjVFmsX_OSSwWxZG3Q

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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.

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