Taiwanese envoy warns against banning MPs’ sponsored travel, but former Harper-era minister Kent says MPs should not accept ‘large gifts’

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.

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada Representative Harry Ho-jen Tseng said ending sponsored travel means his nation 'will lose a very good opportunity to help [Canada] get a better understanding of the challenge we face.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY

February 9, 2024

Taiwan’s top diplomat in Canada says he is worried about the effect that a proposed end to sponsored travel would have on Canada’s relationship with his island nation, remarking it would be a “big loss.”

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