{"id":804599,"date":"2026-07-16T01:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804599\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:11:16","slug":"political-analyst-says-pc-mpps-abused-taxpayers-money-staying-at-toronto-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804599\/","title":{"rendered":"Political analyst says PC MPPs &#8216;abused&#8217; taxpayers money staying at Toronto hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho speaking at an event. (Stan Cho\/X)<\/p>\n<p>CHCH News anchor Matt Ingram spoke with political analyst Keith Leslie after Ford government Toronto MPPs were revealed to have used taxpayer funds to expense stays at Toronto hotels.<\/p>\n<p>The former Queen\u2019s Park correspondent was asked if Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is correct in identifying a pattern from the Ford government.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie also spoke on his view regarding MPP Steve Clark\u2019s response, and if the minister is trying to bury the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The political analyst described how shocking it was to learn that a cabinet member exhibit such a level of \u201centitlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/minister-stan-cho-faces-backlash-over-16k-toronto-hotel-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Minister Stan Cho faces backlash over $16K Toronto hotel bill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/ontario-to-cut-rule-that-allowed-conservative-mpps-to-expense-toronto-hotel-stays\/\" class=\"nav-item-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MPP-Stan-Cho.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"   itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious CHCH News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOntario to cut rule that allowed Conservative MPPs to expense Toronto hotel stays\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming Stan Cho speaking at an event. (Stan Cho\/X) CHCH News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-804599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}