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Bureaucrats spent $19.6-million on out-of-office retreats in last two years

Expenses included retreats or executive meetings at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, coastal resorts, Mont Tremblant and Whistler ski resorts, and health spas, House documents show.
By TIM NAUMETZ
Published November 23, 2009

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