MP Idlout Expensed Purchases from Her Own Business

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has reimbursed the House of Commons for $1,756 in expenses incurred for items purchased from her own gallery, Carvings Nunavut, which sells Inuit artwork. Idlout stated the expenses were submitted “in error” and were meant for Indigenous artwork used in her role as an MP. The expenditures occurred while she was with the NDP, and Conservative MP Michael Barrett criticized her actions as a breach of parliamentary rules, raising further questions about the gifts given during her election campaign.

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