Conservatives are calling for answers after an Ontario Liberal MP’s eyebrow-raising nine-day spending spree billed to taxpayers came in at a whopping $173,574.

Arielle Kayabaga , who represents London West, briefly served as House Leader. That tenure started on March 14 and ended with the election call on March 23.

Kayabaga is one of 11 ministers cut from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s short-lived cabinet .

However, in that short span as House Leader, she spent $157,028 on “personnel” costs, according to figures details in Public Accounts, per .

The billing period included Friday, March 21, two days before the election, when Kayabaga publicly appealed for campaign volunteers.

Earlier this week, the MP would not say whether paid employees worked on her political campaign while on the

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