Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

So far, 32 MPs have disclosed sponsored trips in 2024 worth a little more than $250,000, far below the $844,000 reported by this time in 2023.

MPs have disclosed 39 instances of sponsored travel so far in 2024—worth $251,541.66—to the office of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

December 27, 2024

More than one-third of all sponsored travel disclosed to the federal ethics watchdog’s office in 2024 was to Taiwan, with the country’s diplomatic office in Ottawa paying $126,000 worth of expenses for MPs to visit.

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