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Manitoba Tory Leader Defends Spending One-Fifth Of His Time In Costa Rica

Darpan News Desk IANS, 15 Apr, 2016 11:37 AM

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative leader is defending spending one-fifth of his time as Opposition leader in Costa Rica.

Brian Pallister says if he is elected premier on Tuesday, he probably won't spend as much time at his vacation home.

The CBC obtained travel logs which show Pallister spent 240 days either travelling or in Costa Rica since being elected in 2012.

Pallister was in the Latin American country during the summer floods of 2014 when the province declared a state of emergency and brought in the military to shore up dikes.

At the time, he told media he had been at a family wedding.

Pallister says he is a workaholic and was trying to protect his family's privacy.

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