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Oda announced in a press release July 3 that she would step down, effective at the end of the month, but didn’t reveal at the time what sparked the decision.

During her tenure as international co-operation minister, when she was responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, or CIDA, Oda made headlines for lavish spending while travelling on government business.

She was forced to repay taxpayers for $1,000 per day in limousine expenses, a pricey stay at London’s Savoy Hotel in 2011 and for a $16 glass of orange juice.

In an interview Tuesday with CBC’s Power and Politics, Oda said she had no regrets about ordering the juice, although she acknowledged that she should not have billed taxpayers for it.

“I arrived in London, it was very late, I was working on a speech I was to give the next morning,” she said.

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“But you know, that cost of the orange juice was not maybe the appropriate expense for the government to pay. I have repaid that cost and I have apologized for it.”

Oda was also forced to apologize after a CIDA funding document was altered with the word ’not’ scrawled in handwriting, ultimately denying funding to an aid agency.

Oda issued an open letter to her constituents Monday, thanking them for backing her.

“My sincere appreciation for your support over the past eight years and special thanks to my volunteers, riding association and staff,” Oda said in the letter.

“I have had the outstanding privilege and opportunity to serve my constituents and Canada.”