VANCOUVER, B.C.: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan to pay for his own Taylor Swift tickets instead of sticking taxpayers with the bill. 

“If Sajjan wants to take his daughter to a Taylor Swift concert, he should be paying out of pocket, not taking taxpayer-funded tickets,” Carson Binda, B.C. Director for the CTF said. “It’s ridiculously out of touch for a Trudeau minister to Shake it Off at the Eras Tour on the taxpayer dime.”

Sajjan will be attending the sold-out show B.C. Place with his daughter on Saturday as guests of B.C. PavCo, the Crown corporation that operates the stadium. Tickets in suites, like the ones given to Sajjan and his daughter, would normally cost $18,000 - $23,000 each, according to Global News.  

Sajjan has attempted to defend his decision by claiming he made a $1,500 donation to a local food bank in lieu of paying for the tickets. 

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, B.C. Premier David Eby and Tourism Minister Spencer Chandra Herbert all declined taxpayer-funded tickets from PavCo. 

“Every other politician realized how inappropriate it is to see Taylor Swift on the taxpayer dime,” Binda said. “I understand Sajjan and his daughter want to live out their Wildest Dreams and see Taylor Swift, but they should do so with their own money.”