MPs’ sponsored travel back in spotlight as House Ethics Committee, NDP MP Green call for complete ban

NDP MP Matthew Green said an outright ban on accepting sponsored travel would help parliamentarians ‘move beyond the political ambulance-chasing’ over the practice, amid a committee study into Justin Trudeau’s Jamaica vacation.

The House Ethics Committee unanimously passed NDP MP Matthew Green's, pictured, motion to recommend that two other committees ban MPs from accepting sponsored travel last week.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

February 5, 2024

Conflict of interest rules for MPs could be reviewed for the second time in less than two years after a committee examining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s winter vacation and a series of politicians’ paid trips overseas brought the practice of sponsored travel and other...

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