NDP suggests P.A. MLA lied about Palm Springs trip
The opposition New Democrats are accusing Prince Albert Carlton MLA and Minister of Highways, Joe Hargrave, of lying about the reasons for his admittedly misjudged trip to California last month.
Hargrave has apologized for the visit during the COVID restrictions he says he took as an essential business trip to finalize the sale of his holiday home in Palm Springs. He said he will return this week and has called his trip “an error of judgment,” a characterization Premier Scott Moe said he agreed with.
Moe was made aware of the trip beforehand.
But NDP ethics critic Matt Love said real estate listings show Hargrave only put his property on the market Dec. 26, four days after he travelled and is suggesting Hargrave is simply making an excuse for ignoring COVID travel rules and taking a Christmas holiday in the sun.