Brampton is facing questions about the number of foreign trips taken last by its mayor and councillors. The city says they are a key strategy but critics believe it is wasteful.
Ontario councillor went to Dubai to meet a company already partnered with a local universityOver the course of 2023, elected officials from an Ontario city visited countries across three continents in search of economic investment to bring back to the Greater Toronto Area, going on more trips than some of their colleagues in larger cities.and his councillors went to Karachi, Dubai, Dublin, Anaheim, Lisbon and Detroit.
Documents obtained by Global News show they flew to Pakistan with a brief layover in Dubai, jetting off in the first few days of the month. The planning and organization of the trip was handled by a travel agency given a sole-sourced contract by the City of Brampton to book travel, accommodation, security and look for potential leads in the market, the documents show.
Another councillor flew to Lisbon in November for five days “primarily to participate in the Web Summit Technology Conference.”
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