are unacceptable, should never have been charged to taxpayers…I have repaid the costs associated with [the] changing of hotels and I unreservedly apologize." Criticism of her spending habits continued, however. On July 3, 2012, Oda announced her intention to leave politics effective July 31, 2012, ahead of an anticipated cabinet shuffle; Oda gave no reason for her departure. Reportedly, her decision to resign was made after she was informed that she would be dropped from cabinet. On July 4, 2012, she was replaced as Minister of International Cooperation by Julian Fantino. On March 6, 2013, Oda was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Teddy" from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for charging taxpayers on limos, orange juice, an air purifier for her government office so she could smoke indoors and her $52,183 annual pension. See also List of visible minority Canadian cabinet ministers List of visible minority politicians in Canada References External links 1944 births Canadian politicians of Japanese descent Women government ministers of Canada Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Conservative Party of Canada MPs Global Television Network people Living people Members of the 28th Canadian Ministry Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Thunder Bay University of Toronto alumni Women in Ontario politics 21st-century Canadian women politicians