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List of Sponsored Travel

2017 Mario DionConflict of Interest and

Ethics CommissionerApril 2018

List of Sponsored Travel 2017

made under the CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE FOR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Parliament of Canada 66 Slater Street, 22nd Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

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Commissariat aux conflits d’intérêts et à l’éthique Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

66, rue Slater Street 22e étage / 22nd Floor OTTAWA, ONTARIO CANADA K1A 0A6

March 27, 2018

The Honourable Geoff Regan, P.C., M.P. Speaker of the House of Commons Centre Block, Room 224-N 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 2017, which reflects travel that Members of the House of Commons took in the 2017 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

Party Name of Member Name of person accompanying Member Destination(s) Purpose of trip Sponsor of trip Date(s) Nature of Benefits Value of Benefits Supporting

Document

Gift(s) $300.00Transportation $5,500.00

Accommodation $1,200.00Other $200.00

Gift(s) -Transportation $699.81


Gift(s) -Transportation $3,912.00

Accommodation $766.92Other $522.81




Accommodation $1,500.00Other $1,000.00






Accommodation $507.24Other -





Anderson, David

Conservative

Conservative Berthold, Luc

Conservative

Conservative

Bergen, Candice

Lviv, Ukraine

Yes

London, UK Present award at Sergei Magnitsky Awards Ceremony Hermitage Capital Management

Bezan, James

Yes

March 11-16

N/A

N/A

N/A

Levesque, Caroline

May 15-18

Meet with Iran Democratic Association

Iran Democratic Association (Canada) June 28 to July 2

Norwegian Helsinki CommitteeExplore issues of religious freedom

Fact-finding Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association

Fact-finding mission of Canada-UAE Parliamentary Friendship Group

Government of United Arab Emirates Yes

Yes

Bangkok, Thailand and Kathmandu,

NepalExplore issues of religious freedom Norwegian Helsinki Committee October 5-18

October 8-15

April 16-23

November 14-17

Paris, France

Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan

Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 27 to December 1Lviv Security ForumSpeaker and panelist

Conservative Benzen, Bob Benzen, Susan Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan Fact-finding Chinese International Economic

Cooperation Association

Conservative Aboultaif, Ziad Aboultaif, Elizabeth Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan Economic and cultural fact-finding Chinese International Economic

Cooperation Association October 8-15 No

October 8-15 No

Yes

No

NoLiberal Arya, Chandra Chandrakanth, Sangeetha

Chinese International Economic Cooperation AssociationLiberal Badawey, Vance N/A Taiwan Parliamentary delegation Yes

Washington, DC, USA


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Gift(s) $20.00

Transportation $6,053.25

Accommodation $574.32

Other -















Conservative

Conservative

Liberal

NDP / NDP

Conservative

Block, Kelly

August 28 to September 2One Free World International

Yes

Yes

Clement, Tony

Kiev, UkraineMeet with government officials to

discuss and observe humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

Brosseau, Ruth Ellen

Qingdao, China

N/A

N/A

Brosseau, Logan

N/A

Bratina, Bob N/A

Chong, Michael N/A

Calkins, Blaine

Yerevan and Artsakh, Armenia

Discuss bilateral relations with officials in Armenia and Artsakh

Calkins, Barb

N/A

Conservative Blaney, Steven Bouchard, Marie Taipei and Taichung, Taiwan Fact-finding Chinese International Economic

Cooperation Association October 8-15 No

July 9-18

January 15-23 Yes

November 2-3

Participate in roundtable on multiculturalism and consensus-building at Bahçeşehir University

Centre for Israel and Jewish AffairsParliamentary mission

Yes

Yes

Yes

Parliamentary mission Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

June 7-12

Lead group of international delegates visiting Qingdao, a traditional healthcare city, and exploring

potential areas of collaboration in areas of mutual interest between Hamilton, Ontario and Qingdao,

China

Qingdao Longtai Traditional Chinese Medicine Sciences &

Technology Co.,Ltd.January 17-21 Yes

Clean Prosperity

February 28 to March 3

March 27-30 YesLiberal Chen, Shaun

One Free World International

NDP Christopherson, David Accra, Ghana Meet with Ghana Public Accounts Committee

Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

Yes

Chicago, IL, USAMeet with American and Canadian

foundations, and Republicans about issue of climate change

International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of

Religion or BeliefSeptember 20-22

Istanbul, Turkey

Israel

Israel

Municipality of Pendik

United Nations, New York, NY, USA Seminar and meetingsConservative


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Gift(s) $112.85


Accommodation $1,504.00

Other $56.42

















Conservative

Liberal

Easter, Wayne

Doherty, Todd

Di Iorio, Nicola

China Parliamentary delegation

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal

Liberal

Liberal


Fact-finding mission of Canada-United Arab Emirates Parliamentary

Friendship Group

Washington, DC, USA Participate in World Bank Group's Global Parliamentary Conference

May 20-24

Drouin, Francis Yes

Cooper, Michael

Damoff, Pam

Dhillon, Anju

Yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Taiwan

China

Government of United Arab Emirates March 11-16

January 9-15

Yes

Foster greater communication and understanding between Canadian

parliamentarians and their counterparts in China in order to

further Canadian interests in region and promote greater consumption in

China of Canadian products and services

Budapest, Hungary Participate and speak at Partnership for Peace Consortium

Partnership for Peace - George Marshall Center

Taiwan

Gilchrist, Erin RESULTS Canada

Yes

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in CanadaParliamentary mission Yes

YesVisit government representatives

April 16-19 Yes

Canadian Foodgrains Bank (with funding from Gates Foundation) January 9-15

Yes

Embassy of Taiwan January 9-15

Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association April 16-23

Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs July 24-31

Parliamentary delegation

Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs July 9-16 YesIsrael

Taiwan

Yes

July 24-31

Nicaragua Show effects of Canadian aid in agriculture

Parliamentary mission


Document

















Golan Heights - Tel AvivGift(s) -

Transportation $2,528.21Accommodation $2,147.00

Other $2,735.00





Conservative

Conservative Harder, Rachael

Ehsassi, Ali

Hardcastle, Cheryl

Liberal

NDP

May 20-25

The Hague, Netherlands Present at conference

N/A

N/A

Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association

Genuis, Garnett N/A

Poltak, Celeste Taiwan Exchange views on topics of mutual interest

March 27 to April 2 Yes

NoYerevan and Artsakh, Armenia

Discuss bilateral relations with officials in Armenia and Artsakh One Free World International August 28 to

September 2


YesCanadian Lutheran World Relief

The Stanley Foundation April 12-15

Addis Ababa and surrounding areas,

Ethiopia

Liberal Graham, David

Jerusalem, Golan Heights and Tel Aviv,

Israel

Delegation

Nicaragua

Israel Parliamentary mission

Educational mission

Marcelino, Roemishiel

N/A

O'Neill, Sean

Yes

Visit various development projects

July 27 to August 5

Canadian Lutheran World Relief

January 9-16

Attend Ahmadiyya Muslim Jalsa Salana 2017, meet with UK MPs,

other meetings and events

Yes

January 15-23

March 28 to April 1

Yes

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs July 9-17 Yes

Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association April 16-23 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies November 25-29

Ethiopia

Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Present at Milan Forum for Parliamentary Action

Show effects of Canadian aid in agriculture

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

London, UK

Taiwan

Krizus, Astrid Milan, Italy

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Canada


Document
















Accommodation -Other -



Lake, Mike Conservative

Liberal

Jeneroux, Matt

Khalid, Iqra

Conservative

N/A

N/A

YesRESULTS CanadaEthiopia

March 11-16

No

Government of United Arab Emirates March 11-16

Empire of Goodness

Educational delegation to visit nutrition and early childhood

development programs

East Lansing, MI, USA

Keynote speaker at Michigan State University Autism Family-

Professional Day and stakeholder meetings

Michigan State University March 26-29

N/A Bethesda, MD, USAKeynote speaker at Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

meeting

National Institute of Mental Health and Office of Autism

Research Coordination

Lake, Jaden

York University April 21-24 Presenter at York University TEDx event Yes

Meet legislators, vice-president, business leaders

Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association April 16-23

Yes


Friendship Group

August 5-12

Yes

Yes

RESULTS Canada

January 4-7

Conservative Kitchen, Robert

Educational delegation to visit nutrition and early childhood


Ethiopia



Friendship Group

Government of United Arab Emirates


Yes

Kitchen, Donna Taiwan

April 24-27

August 5-12

Toronto, Ontario

Yes

Yes

Liberal Hussen, Ahmed Farah, Ebyan Istanbul, Turkey Parliamentary education (refugee-focussed)


Document























NDP

Liberal Massé, Rémi

Lake, Mike Conservative

NDP

Maloney, James

N/A

N/A

Washington, DC, USA Guest speaker at Harkin International Disability Employment Summit

Association of University Centers on Disabilities November 1-4 Yes

Mathyssen, Irene

Fact-finding mission

October 16-22Moore, Christine

Jupiter, FL, USA

Israel

Diabetes CanadaThériault, Laurence Rome, Italy Global Diabetes Policy Forum

Brett, Deirdre Yes

April 16-22London, UK and Hamburg, Germany

Foundation ELS for Autism April 27-30

Guest speaker at Mighty Peace Day Mighty Peace Youth Society

Yes

Yes

Yes

European Parliamentary Forum on Population



May 1-2

NDP

Yes

Keynote Speaker at ELS for Autism, Austin Innovations and Global

Impact Conference

Rome, Italy

N/A NoTaiwan

Conservative

March 10-18 Yes

Attend 2017 International Parliamentarians Conference

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs January 5-23

July 9-17 Yes

Parliamentary exchange to learn more about Taiwan's governance,

culture, economy

May 2-6

Global Atlanticists 2017

McCauley, Kelly McCauley, Sasha (Nina)

Lake, Jaden

Sri Lanka

Fact-finding re government progress in reconciliation and Canadian

investment opportunities - Reported to Global Affairs

Canadian Sri Lanka Business Convention

Grande Prairie, Alberta

YesLaverdière, Hélène N/A


Hellenic Parliament July 13 to August 2

April 16-23

Friedrich Ebert Foundation

Israel

Yes

Lambropoulos, Emmanuella N/A Athens, Greece Meet with World Hellenic

Inter-Parliamentary Association

Liberal

Liberal


Document













Gift(s) -Transportation -










YesNovember 12-14N/A Los Angeles, CA, USA Attend conference

Yes

RESULTS Canada August 5-12



Nault, Robert N/A

N/A Paris, France

Yes

January 15-23

January 15-23Morgan, Christopher Israel

Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs July 24-31

Tattersall, EricaJerusalem, Golan

Heights and Tel Aviv, Israel

Parliamentary education

Yes

United Steelworkers April 11-13

Liberal

Yes

North Battleford, Saskatchewan Speak to students about tobacco Yes

Yes

Liberal Ouellette, Robert-Falcon N/A

June 29 to July 3

Liberal

Yes

Yes

Yes

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre


Attend annual gathering of Iranian Resistance

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs July 9-17

Poilievre, Pierre Galindo, Anaida

Ratansi, Yasmin N/A EthiopiaEducational delegation to visit nutrition and early childhood


Oliphant, Robert N/A

Conservative

Conservative Obhrai, Deepak

Liberal

Conservative

Conservative Nuttall, Alexander

Liberal Government of Japan January 3-11

O'Connell, Jennifer N/A Israel

Iran Democratic Association (Canada)

Jewish Federations of North America

January 17-18


January 8-15

Japan

Yes

Exchange views on Asia-Pacific region to better understand issues

Speaker at United Steelworkers 2017 International Constitutional

Convention

China Parliamentary delegation

Mulcair, Thomas Turgeon, ChantaleNDP Las Vegas, NV, USA

Taipei, Taiwan Further cooperation between Canada and Taiwan


Rempel, Michelle

Liberal Romanado, Sherry


Document























Conservative

Conservative Shipley, Bev

N/A

N/A

N/A

Schmale, Jamie

October 8-12 Yes

May 20-25

January 15-24 Yes

Agriculture learning tour Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Global TB Caucus

Liberal

Global Diabetes Forum Diabetes Canada November 15-19 Yes

Taipei Economic and Cultural Center Yes


January 9-15

Yes


Guadalajara, Mexico Participate in Americas TB Summit

Liberal Sidhu, Sonia N/A Rome, Italy

January 10-15

Conservative Saroya, Bob N/A


Friendship Group

Government of United Arab Emirates March 11-16 Yes

Addis Ababa and Lalibela, Ethiopia

Inspect and review humanitarian aid projects

Yes

March 27 to April 2 No

Taiwan Cultural immersion and related foreign affairs

Nicaragua

Yes

Yes


Liberal Sidhu, Jati

N/A

Shanahan, Brenda

Schulte, Deborah Schenck, David

Fact-finding mission

Canadian Lutheran World Relief and Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation

Israel

July 9-17

Taipei, Taiwan Parliamentary delegation

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs January 15-23

Liberal Parliamentary mission

Liberal

March 18-23

Sarai, Randeep Sundesh, Gurv

Heino, Amanda Israel Parliamentary missionLiberal Rusnak, Don


Participate in Global Caucus Berlin Summit Global TB Caucus

Israel

Berlin, Germany Yes


Document




Accommodation $3,752.00Other -













Gift(s) $40.00Transportation $245.60



Accommodation $1,900.00Other -

Gift(s) -Transportation -


Sopuck, Robert

Sopuck, Robert July 22-29

N/A

October 4-14 Yes

N/A Montreal, Quebec

Deliver lecture and lead workshop as part of Concordia University's Workshops on Social Science

Research

May 11-12 Yes

Workshops on Social Science Research, Department of

Political Science, Concordia University

Conservative Van Loan, Peter

Conservative N/A Nain, NL and Iqaluit, NU

Participate in Leg 6 of Canada C3 Expedition

Viersen, Arnold Viersen, Melissa and Viersen, Jillian

Warsaw, Poland and Copenhagen,

Denmark

Parliamentary association visits and conference presentation

Study tour of European Union institutionsHassani, Amani Brussels, Belgium and

Strasbourg, France

Taipei, Taiwan Parliamentary missionConservative Saskiw, Shayne

Yes

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada

Students on Ice Foundation

Yes

February 1-5 Yes

January 4-15

July 24-31 Yes

July 2-12 Yes

Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs

Yes

Embassy Connections May 19-25

Yes

Safari Club International

Yes

European Parliament and European Commission

Beijing and Shandong, China Parliamentary delegation

Observer fact-finding mission - Ukraine refugees One Free World International February 27 to March 3

Las Vegas, NV, USA Accept International Legislator of the Year award

Tabbara, Marwan

Stubbs, Shannon

Liberal

Liberal

Conservative

Budapest, Hungary International consultation on Christian persecution Government of Hungary

April 15-28

Conservative Sopuck, Caroline

Tan, Geng

Nunan, Bernard

N/A

Conservative

YesBeijing and Changsha, China

Promote education exchange and Canadian business and exports,

build bridges between Canadian and Chinese entrepreneurs

Kaiyao Education Group

Wagantall, Cathay

Kiev, Ukraine

Liberal Vandenbeld, Anita N/A Edinburgh, ScotlandGuest speaker at Westminster

Foundation for Democracy expert seminar

Westminster Foundation for Democracy November 9-13


Document





Gift(s) -


Accommodation -

Other -

Conservative Zimmer, Bob Zimmer, Valerie Las Vegas, NV, USA

As co-chair of All-Party Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus, attend events and accompany Canadian stakeholders to discuss issues that affect hunters, anglers, outfitters and sport shooters

Canadian Shooting Sports Association January 14-21 Yes

Yes

NDP Weir, Erin N/A Taiwan Promote Saskatchewan exports and learn about Taiwan

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada April 16-23 Yes

Conservative Waugh, Kevin Waugh, Ann Taiwan Parliamentary delegation Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association April 17-23

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

Party Name of Member Name of person accompanying

MemberDestination(s) Purpose of trip Sponsor of trip Date(s) Nature of Benefits Value of Benefits Supporting

Document

Gift(s) -Transportation $1 500,00

Accommodation $1 836,37Other $1 504,50


Accommodation $1 068,00Other $400,00


Accommodation $786,54Other $210,00

Gift(s) -Transportation $795,95

Accommodation $278,75Other $0,00

Gift(s) -

Transportation $1 502,54

Accommodation $1 200,00

Other $0,00


Accommodation $2 183,58Other $5 902,46

Yes

As co-chair of All-Party Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus, attend events and meetings with Canadian stakeholders to discuss issues that affect hunters, anglers,

outfitters and sport shooters

Canadian Shooting Sports Association January 16-23, 2016

YesCentre for Israel and Jewish Affairs July 6-15, 2014Parliamentary mission

"Identity Politics" tour in lead-up to US election

Speak at World Grain Forum

July 1-10, 2016

Las Vegas, NV, USA

National Endowment for Democracy

September 27-28, 2016

Identity Politics Exchange, US Embassy

October 29 to November 9, 2016

Participate in Community of Democracies meeting of

Parliamentarians

Zimmer, Bob

Israel

Conservative Ritz, Gerry N/A Sochi and Moscow, Russia

Liberal Vandenbeld, Anita N/A Washington, DC, USA

Zimmer, ValerieConservative

YesNDP Cullen, Nathan

Yes

Yes

Yes

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Parliamentarian tour focusing on projects to address malaria, TB and

HIV/AIDSNDP Davies, Don N/A Vietnam

Russian Grain Union and Interconnect

November 15-20, 2016

N/AWashington, DC and

New Orleans, LA, USA

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