It’s being called a smear, but if it’s true that it cost the National Defense Department $72,000 to move the Liberal Party’s defense adviser a few block across Ottawa — you be the judge. Defence Minister Rob Nicholson will investigate reports that Andrew Leslie, a retired general, charged taxpayers that sum to move homes within the same city. Leslie joined the Liberals as an adviser in September. He is expected to run for the party in the 2015 federal elections and is scheduled to be a keynote speaker at the Liberal policy convention next week in Montreal.
