Conservative MPs bailed on France visit early, won’t say why

New Democrat Don Davies says the Tories wasted taxpayer dollars by crossing the Atlantic twice for a conference in which they did not fully participate.
Conservative MPs Jamie Schmale, left, Lianne Rood, and Larry Brock were part of a delegation of MPs who flew to Strasbourg, France, in June.

Three Conservative Members of Parliament abandoned a trip to Strasbourg, France, in late June midway through the planned itinerary, leaving their fellow MPs, and returning to Canada on hastily arranged flights home, say two other members of the delegation.

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