Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

MPs accepted travel worth more than $850,000 in 2023, including from lobby groups, foreign governments, and non-government organizations.

Liberal MPs Kody Blois, top left, Valerie Bradford, and George Chahal, and Conservative MPs Scott Aitchison, top right, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, and Jasraj Singh Hallan are among those who received sponsored travel from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last year.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

April 17, 2024

Federal politicians accepted sponsored travel in 2023 at a rate not seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as 71 MPs disclosed trip...

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