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The unexceedable budget

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The most humorous aspect of this story is:

A) That the Finance Minister who once said "we cannot ask Canadians to tighten their belts during tougher times without looking in the mirror" overspent his own ministerial budget?

or

B) That the official explanation is he didn’t overspend his ministerial budget because his ministerial budget was expanded by an amount the government refuses to disclose?

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Aaron Wherry covers the House of Commons and its 338 residents for Maclean’s.

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