Finance Minister Jim Flaherty flight to London, Ont., draws opposition fire

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is again under fire for using a government jet to fly to London, Ont., for a speech last Friday.

He flew back commercially to Ottawa but the overall cost of flying the Cessna Citation to and from London is estimated at $3,100.

A commercial round-trip flight from Ottawa to London costs about $800 but officials said Flaherty was unable to go commercial because of a tight schedule.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff accuses the government of hypocrisy, calling the flight a classic example of “do as I say, not as I do.”

Critics said the flight sends the wrong message after a budget that said the federal government will have to rein in spending.

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