As funny as it is that a civil service mandrin could feel entitled to $200,000 or expenses I personnaly feel this executive types and the elected officials should be allowed generous travel budgets. They need to get out of Ottawa and see how the rest of the world functions. They are provincial in outlook and the rest of the world offers leasons in how things are run that are quiet different. Scandanavia as we all know has more generous social programs, they seem to work, and seeing it for ones self is probably worthwhile.