List of Sponsored Travel 2018 - Parliament of Canada · 2019-09-20 · ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca PARLIAMENT OF CANADA PARLEMENT DU CANADA @CIEC_CCIE | @CCIE_CIEC 66 Slater Street, 22nd

List ofSponsored Travel

Mario DionConflict of Interest and

Ethics CommissionerMarch 2019

2018

ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca PARLIAMENT OF CANADA PARLEMENT DU CANADA @CIEC_CCIE | @CCIE_CIEC

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March 28, 2019

The Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P. Speaker of the House of Commons West Block, Room 233-C House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Dear Mr. Speaker:

As required under subsection 15(3) of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, please find enclosed a document containing the List of Sponsored Travel 2018, which reflects travel that Members of the House of Commons took in the 2018 calendar year, and includes a supplement reflecting changes to the List of Sponsored Travel from previous years.

I respectfully submit this document for tabling in the House of Commons.

Sincerely,

Mario Dion Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Enclosures

Name of Member Name of person

accompanying the Member of Parliament

Destination(s) Purpose of trip Sponsor of trip Date(s) Nature of benefits Value of benefitsSupporting documents

Gift(s) -Transportation $2,433.96

Accommodation $468.99Other $142.25

Gift(s) $200.00Transportation $9,190.00

Accommodation $1,500.00Other $800.00

Gift(s) -

Transportation $2,965.68

Accommodation $2,528.40

Other $5,751.16






Accommodation $299.69Other -







Gift(s) -Transportation $410.44

Accommodation -Other -

November 28-30

Yes

May 29 to June 1

Anderson, David

N/A

Arya, Chandra

Amos, William Flores, Regina Israel

Visit the country and meet with Israeli parliament members and

other stakeholders to better understand the geopolitical

situation

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Aboultaif, Ziad N/A January 14-19

Norwegian Helsinki Committee May 14-19

Government of India

January 14-22

Aldag, John

N/A

St. John, Elaine

To view agricultural projects receiving Global Affairs funding

Canadian Foodgrains Bank

To participate in PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) Parliamentary

Conference

Yes

Yes

January 6-15

Nicaragua (Managua, Estelí, and Teustepe)

Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association

January 8-14

Yes

July 24 to August 3 Yes

Yes

Oslo, Norway

Taiwan Fact-finding

Yes

To explore issues of religious freedom

February 15-18 Yes

Yes

Yes


National Prayer Breakfast Organizing Committee

The Sanders Institute

Norwegian Helsinki Committee

Educational delegation to visit nutrition and early childhood

programsResults Canada August 27-31

Washington, D.C., US and Kathmandu,

Nepal


Kenya

New Delhi, India

Ashton, Niki N/ABurlington, Vermont,

USSpeaker at the Sanders Institute

Gathering

Dendys, Christina; Russell, Toryn;

Beri, Neha

McLaughlin, Tristan Munich, GermanyTo explore issues of religious

freedomNorwegian Helsinki Committee and Hanns Seidel Foundation

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Accommodation $1,436.00Other -

fGift(s) -

Transportation $2,744.02Accommodation $400.00

Other -





Gift(s) -


Accommodation $610.00

Other $600.00

Gift(s) -



Other -

Gift(s) -



Other -

Brosseau, Ruth Ellen

Hoeppner, Parker

Palestinian Authority and the Canadian Palestinian

Foundation of QuebecMarch 30 to April 6

Palestine

Brisbane, AustraliaParticipate in the Commonwealth

Conference

Paris, France Free Iran 2018 Conference

The goal of the trip was to increase our knowledge and our

understanding of Palestinian reality in territories occupied by Israel. We met Palestinian elected officials and

civil organizations, citizens, schoolgirls, Israeli veterans or ex-

members of Knesset. We also visited areas where the issues are

very apparent.

Bergen, Candice

Invitation from the Chinese International Economic

Cooperation Association

March 30 to April 6

Berthold, Luc Levesque, Caroline January 8-15Chinese International Economic

Cooperation AssociationTaiwan

Griffith University in Australia April 6-13


Foundation of Quebec

Yes

To better understand the prevailing political, social, health and

educational situation in the region, as well as the economic and legal

plan

March 30 to April 6 Yes

To better understand the prevailing political, social, health and

educational situation in the region, as well as economic and legal issues

June 28 to July 1 Yes

YesApril 7-14



Yes

Iran Democratic Association

Kehler, Rebecca

N/A

No

Yes

April 8-13 YesCanada Foodgrains Bank

Fact-finding

Blaney, Rachel

Boulerice, Alexandre

Jerusalem and Hebron, Israel

Bethlehem and Ramallah, Palestine

Barlow, John

Caron, Guy

Taiwan

N/A Guatemala

To learn how investments in and improved agricultural practices

impact global hunger and empower women

N/A

N/A

Djevahirdjian, Lisa Palestine


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Gift(s) -



Other -



Gift(s) -



Other $343.80

Gift(s) -Transportation -








N/A

Casey, Bill

Clement, Tony

World Vision Canada

March 30 to April 6

Learn about Palestine

Israel and Palestine

May 14-18


New York, New York, US

No

N/A

March 30 to April 6

Dhaliwal, Sukh Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

Parliamentary delegation

Kenya

Parliamentary delegation with Members from all parties to learn

more about development initiatives by World Vision in Kenya

YesGovernment of the State of

Qatar

Yes

March 9-14



Paramedic Association of Prince Edward Island

Delegation and fact-findingDhaliwal, Roni Taiwan

Charlottetown, PEI

Invited to speak on PMBC-211 (PTSD) - Breaking Barriers First

Responder Mental Health Symposium

Doherty, Kelly

Yes


Yes

March 30 to April 6Palestinian Authority and the

Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec

Speaker and panellist at a United Nations conference Ending Violence

Against Women in PoliticsInter-Parliamentary Union October 7-8

YesSeptember 7-8

Cooper, Michael

Damoff, Pam

N/A

N/A

Doherty, Todd

Chen, Shaun

March 25-29

Ramallah, Palestine via Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel Aviv, Israel

Qatar

International Democratic Union (IDU) Fact-Finding Mission, as IDU

Deputy Chairman and Leader of the IDU Delegation to Israel.

CIJA/Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies "Strategic Tour"

International Democratic Union (IDU)

April 7-14

Davies, Don Davies, Cheryl Palestine and IsraelTo promote peace in the

Middle East

Palestinian Authority and Canadian Palestinian


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Accommodation $2,000.00Other $1,000.00















N/A

Ehsassi, Ali

Canada Foodgrains Bank

Israel

Doha, Qatar

Meet Canadian NGOs supporting Canada's development work


No

January 14-19Fortier, Mona

Yes

January 8-14

Parliamentary delegationGovernment of the State of

QatarMarch 9-14

Fraser, Colin

N/A

Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Genuis, Garnett

N/A

N/A


January 14-22Fergus, Greg

Nicaragua

TaiwanFact-finding and relationship-

building

Yes

World Vision May 14-18

Yes

December 16-22 Yes

Yes

Yes

April 8-13

Canadian parliamentary delegation

Genuis, Rebecca

Fast, Annette

N/A

CIJA 2018 Parliamentary mission

Guatemala

Government of the State of Qatar

March 9-14

Taipei transit, council of Indigenous peoples, sustainable energy, tech's

cultural, religious and historical sites


Yes

NoIncreasing bilateral ties between

Canada and QatarDoha, QatarN/A

Fast, Edward

El-Khoury, Fayçal

N/A

Educational - International development - women's and

children's health programming

YesLearning tour

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel Bethlehem and

Ramallah, Palestine

Qatar

To learn about the situation of the Palestinian people

N/A

Hardcastle, Cheryl

Harvey, T.J.

March 10-14



Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Canada

Kenya

Taipei, Taiwan

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Gift(s) -



Other -

















Kusie, Stephanie

Johns, Gord

Lake, Mike

Julian, Peter Tian, Limei

Maguire, Larry Swirski, Gayle

Results Canada

Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group Delegation's visit

to Palestine

World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association

Yes

Fact-finding

Yes

N/A

Dendys, Christina; Russel, Toryn;

Beri, NehaKenya

To learn more about the situation in the region, including the political, social, health, education, economic

and legal conditions

January 14-22

Taiwan

Centre for Learning and Jewish Affairs

Athens, Greece

January 8-14

Science North April 9-15

Lambropoulos, Emmanuella

N/A

Toronto, Ontario

Giroux, Lyne Bridgetown,

BarbadosSupporting an organization from

Sudbury

To attend meetings as an executive member of an association

South Asian Autism Awareness Centre

March 2-4

March 30 to April 6



July 2-6

Yes

Yes

Israel

Fact-finding

Kusie, James

Educational delegation to visit nutrition and early childhood

programs

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

Keynote Speaker at the Oklahoma Statewide Autism Conference

Oklahoma Autism Network

Haddad, Rana

N/A

Taiwan


Palestine

Israel and Palestine

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

YesNovember 11-14

August 27-31




April 7-14

Lefebvre, Paul

Guest Speaker at South Asian Autism Awareness Centre (SAAAC)

Conference and Gala

Iacono, Angelo

Learning trip

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Ng, Mary

Mendès, Alexandra Novo, Joao D. Taipei, Taiwan

Parliamentary mission for MPs

McDonald, Ken

Young, Ryan

Mulcair, Thomas N/A

Nault, Bob

McLeod, Cathy

Mathyssen, Keith

Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate

Change

McDonald, Trudy Gale

Palestine



Israel

Parliamentary visit

Fact-finding mission regarding relations with Taiwan (trade,

cultural, investments)

Mathyssen, Irene

McCauley, Kelly John

Tel Aviv, Israel Ramallah, Palestine

Bethlehem, Palestine

New York, New York, US

Participation/speech/joint launch of the campaign "Do Just 1 Thing"

in the United States and France

Yes

March 30 to April 6

January 14-22

December 17-22

May 31

March 9-14

Yes

Participation in the Earth Day Canada Board of Directors

Earth Day

Israel

Fact-finding missionQatar

McLeod, Gordon

N/A







N/A

Sioux Lookout - Slate Falls, Ontario - Final destination - Slate

Falls, Ontario

Briefing on geopolitical interest

Earth Day

Nault, Lana

Opening of water treatment plant

Travel with the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group

Toronto, Ontario

Taiwan

July 2-10

Yes

To hear concerns from Palestinian Authority

Yes

March 30 to April 6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

April 10-11

Yes

March 6

January 8-14


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Gift(s) -Transportation Not available

Accommodation Not availableOther -



















Chicago, Illinois, US

Regan, Geoff


Ramallah, Palestine

O'Toole, Erin

N/ASpeaking and attending the

Brussels Summit 2018

To speak at a conference

Obhrai, Deepak N/A

Israel

Paul-Hus, Pierre

Rempel, Michelle

Israel


To participate in the EUVPEuropean Union Visitors

ProgrammeMarch 11-22

Keynote Speaker at Annual Meeting


Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

New Delhi, IndiaPersons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentarians Conference,

Jan. 9, 2018

Oliver, John Oliver, Joanna Parliamentary mission

O'Connell, Jennifer

Ouellette, Robert-Falcon

N/A Banff, Alberta June 1-3

October 4-6 YesPearson Institute for the Study

and Resolution of Global Conflicts

Yes

Dakhla, Morocco To attend Crans Montana Forum

Turcotte, Marie-Josée

Brussels, Belgium Strasbourg, France

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)

N/A

Cantin, Catherine


To attend Chatham House's Waddesdon Club 2nd annual

meeting

Geneva, Switzerland

N/A

Taiwan Fact-finding


London, United Kingdom

January 14-22

ACRE (Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe)

Yes

Yes

Yes



March 22

Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

YesChatham House, The Royal

Institute of International Affairs

Yes

January 8-10 Yes

July 2-10 Yes

February 1-4

January 8-13

Crans Montana Forum March 15-20

Yes

Yes

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Gift(s) -



Other -











Rioux, Jean

Guatemala

Paris, France

Yes

January 8-10 Yes

YesDr. Bethune Medical

Foundation and government of China

March 31 to April 8

YesJanuary 8-14

July 2-10

June 27 to July 1

Yes

CIJA Parliamentary Mission to Israel

Saroya, Bob

Shanahan, Brenda N/A

Schulte, Deb

N/A

N/A

India

Schmale, Jamie

Sangha, Ramesh

Schmale, Julia Bryan Israel

New Delhi, India

Beijing and Nanjing, China

Opening of the Canada Bethune Medical Foundation Tumor

Diagnostic Research Centre and attend the 81st anniversary of

Nanjing massacre

Wang, Shawn

N/A

N/A

Sgro, Judy

Sansoucy, Brigitte Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Global TB Caucus October 20-25 Yes


Yes

Schenck, David Fact-finding

To participate in the Korean TB Caucus Forum

Taiwan

To see the effect of investments in agriculture

Paquet, Mauna Taiwan Fact-finding

Indian High Commission (Canada)

Free Iran 2018 Iran Democratic Association

Government of India January 3-11

Amsterdam, Netherlands


To participate in the 3rd Global TB Summit

Global TB Caucus July 18-20

December 17-22

No

April 8-13


Attend 1st Parliamentarians of Indian Origin Conference

Persons of Indian Origin (Parliamentarians Seminar)

Seoul, South Korea

Yes

Yes

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Gift(s) -



Other -





Gift(s)$1,640.00Transportation

$446.81Accommodation-Other

-

Stetski, Wayne

Parliamentary missionCentre for Israel and Jewish

AffairsJanuary 14-22

Hassani, Jamil


Ramallah, Palestine


Tel Aviv, Israel

Tabbara, Marwan

Sweet, David N/A

Simms, ScottDendys, Christina;

Russell, Toryn; Beri, Neha

March 30 to April 6 Yes

Yes

January 14-22

To learn more about the situation in the region including the political, social, health, education, economic

and legal conditions

May 14-18

February 1-4 No

To better understand Israel and its relationships

Diabetes Conference

Educational visit - nutrition and early childhood programs

World Vision Canada

Stubbs, Shannon Saskiw, Shayne Israel

N/A Israel and Palestine

Sidhu, Sonia N/A

Sikand, Gagan N/A

Kenya


Israel

Taiwan

Nicaragua


Foundation of QuebecMarch 30 to April 6 Yes

Foreign Affairs Department, The Knesset, Jerusalem

July 9-12 No

Results Canada August 27-31

Yes



Yes

To view agricultural projects receiving Global Affairs funding

Canadian Foodgrains Bank January 14-19

Conference for chairs of Parliamentary Friendship Group

KenyaTo learn about Canadian-funded

development programing in Kenya

April 7-14 YesFact-finding

Kolkata, India

YesCIJA Parliamentary Mission

2018 to Israel

International Diabetes Federation India

No

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April 7-14Whalen, Nick N/A

Webber, Len N/A KenyaAll-party Parliamentary Delegation

International Development Women/Children's Health

Vandenbeld, Anita


July 2-10

May 4-11

Parliamentary mission

N/A Dakar, Senegal

N/A

Tan, Geng N/A Palestine and IsraelTo promote peace in the Middle

East

National Democratic Institute

Yes

YesPalestinian Authority and The

Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec

March 30 to April 6

CIJA Parl. Mission to Israel - foster professional/cultural understanding

- meet counterparts

Wrzesnewskyj, Borys N/A Doha, Qatar Parliamentary delegation

Yes

Vandal, Dan

Waugh, Kevin Waugh, Ann Israel

YesDar Es Salaam, Tanzania and

Mwanza, Tanzania


March 9-14 Yes

World Vision May 14-18 Yes

Speaker and Panellist at the Ninth Global Assembly of the World

Movement for Democracy

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)

July 2-10 Yes

Israel

Awareness of Canadian international development efforts

in TanzaniaOne Campaign

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SUPPLEMENTLIST OF SPONSORED TRAVEL BY MEMBERS (2017)Made under the authority of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons




Gift(s) $90.00



Other -

Gift(s) $90.00Transportation -


YesCanada 150 CelebrationCanada C3 - A Canada 150

Signature ProjectOctober 25-29, 2017

Amos, William N/A

May, Elizabeth N/A Victoria, B.C.

August 6-13, 2017 YesIqaluit to

Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut

Canada C3 is a signature project for Canada’s 150th Anniversary of

Confederation. The centrepiece is an epic 150-day sailing journey from Toronto to Victoria via the

Northwest Passage that will connect Canadians from coast to

coast to coast and inspire a deeper understanding of our land, our

peoples and the past, present and future of our country.

Led by the Students on Ice Foundation

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