Alberta government facing scrutiny over bourbon distilleries tour in Kentucky
The NDP says it amounts to a taxpayer-funded booze fest and has demanded the minister pay back $5,400 for the cost of the distillery tours.
Alberta’s government is facing questions over the taxpayer cost of a delegation that toured Kentucky bourbon distilleries last year, bringing a staffer's husband along for the trip. The minister of red tape reduction's office claims the husband, Gary Davidson, paid his own expenses, but documents from the NDP show he did not reimburse his share of group transportation costs.
The NDP demands minister Dale Nally reimburse $5,400 for the cost of distillery tours. Premier Danielle Smith says the trip was to learn from local distilleries and promote Alberta's whisky sector, with no alcohol billed to taxpayers.
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