Conservatives question government purchase of Trudeau replicas, musical tickets
OTTAWA — Anyone who has wondered how much money it would take to buy Justin Trudeau now has an answer.
The cheapest life-size-but-lifeless version of the prime minister cost $63.24, according to documents released to the House of Commons this week that showed the government spent nearly $1,900 on cardboard Trudeau likenesses.
The “stand-up guy” made for much merriment during question period Tuesday as the Opposition Conservatives and the NDP seized on the chance to play the latest Liberal branding exercise for political points — and laughs.
“It is a very large document, and I am not sure every member has yet had a chance to review it,” Tory MP Chris Warkentin smirked at one point as he tried, in jest, to table the “document,” a folded-up version of Trudeau.