Nancy Belanger, Commissioner of Lobbying waits to appear at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee, in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
A pricey trip for a group of Conservative MPs sponsored by an interest group and a Hungarian think-tank could soon come under the microscope by the House of Commons ethics committee.Nancy Belanger, commissioner of lobbying, told the ethic committee on Monday she has been concerned about sponsored travel for MPs for a while.
Conservative MPs Steven Ellis, Philip Lawrence, Rosemarie Falk and Shannon Stubbs were sponsored by Canadians for Affordable Energy. Conservative MP John Williamson, who founded that group, which is now run by former Liberal MP Dan McTeague, was sponsored by the Danube Institute. Monday, the question of sponsored travel for MPs dominated the ethics committee meeting as it heard from officers of Parliament: Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard, former ethics commissioner Mario Dion and interim Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein.
In response to a question from Liberal MP Pam Damoff, Bélanger said sponsored travel has been a concern for a long time.
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