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Government-ethics advocate calls $250,000 in sponsored MP trips ‘unethical’

'We are parliamentarians. We cannot be bought,' says Conservative leadership candidate Deepak Obhrai, who's claimed two sponsored trips this year, worth more than $15,000 combined.

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
August 29, 2016

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Former minister Peter Kent says MPs accepting free travel is a ‘huge contradiction’ in ethics rules, while Taiwan’s top diplomat Harry Ho-jen Tseng says he's unsure if MPs would willing pay their own way to visit Taiwan if the trips aren't sponsored.

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Since the 2021 election, 85 MPs have disclosed a combined 128 instances of sponsored travel to destinations in Canada and abroad.

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Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger said the new code still lets lobbyists offer sponsored travel to parliamentarians, provided they do not intend to lobby them, as well.

Incoming sponsored travel rules for lobbyists will limit ‘educational opportunity’ for MPs and Senators, say CIJA and Results Canada

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Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger said the new code still lets lobbyists offer sponsored travel to parliamentarians, provided they do not intend to lobby them, as well.