MPs defend foreign travel sponsored by lobbyists

Political | 206737 hits | Apr 03 11:53 am | Posted by: Hyack

Members of Parliament who travelled abroad on the dime of lobby groups last year are defending their trips as learning opportunities, but critics say the trips are unethical and MPs should not agree to them.

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by saturn_656
Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:59 pm
They really can't win. Travel on the taxpayers dime and they are called wasteful. Travel on someone elses dime and they are taking bribes.
by PublicAnimalNo9
Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:12 pm
But as Liberal MP Bob Rae points out, sponsored travel is often the only way MPs can gain international experience.

Yeah, those $100K+ salaries and tax free spending allowances, free meals, free transporation etc, just don't go as far as they used to eh?
by bootlegga
Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:12 pm
Rookie Conservative MP Shelly Glover says her trip to Israel gave her a better grasp of the issues in the Middle East. Glover took two lobby-sponsored trips in 2009, one to Israel and the other to Taiwan. She brought her husband with her on both trips.

Apparently she's never heard of a book...
by SprCForr
Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:12 pm
Or interviewing members of our Embassy when they return, etc etc.
by DrCaleb
Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:23 pm
Didn't the Conservatives enact limits on corporate donations to political parties to try to end this sort of corruption?

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