A New Democrat MP whose Christmastime travels with her family cost Canadian taxpayers more than $17,000 has paid back some of the money.

The CBC reported earlier this month that Niki Ashton, the member of Parliament for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski in northern Manitoba, billed taxpayers a total of $17,641.12 — $13,619.90 for airfare and other transportation; $2,508.39 for accommodations; and $1,512.83 for meals and other incidentals, according to House of Commons records — for a trip from Thompson, Man., to Ottawa, then to Quebec City, then Montreal, and back to Ottawa before returning to Thompson.