There were a lot of issues to consider when bringing over wealthy North Americans to poor countries for a feel\u002Dgood trip
This week, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced he had reimbursed the charity $41,000 after failing to pay for hospitality from WE for two trips that he and his family took two years ago.
On the ME to WE website the trip to Ecuador, which aligns with what Morneau reimbursed, includes a jungle walk or canoe ride, work on a development project and a tour of an “agricultural learning centre,” where participants learn to make their own chocolate. It also includes nature walks, cooking lessons and the “shamanic ceremony” with hands-on weapons training. The Kenya trip includes many similar features along with trips to a giraffe centre, a safari and more weapons training.
“As head of a national association for international development, I’m very concerned when these two issues get put together,” he said “It’s not to say they can’t be done well, but there’s a high risk that they’re not done well.” WE is not a member of CCIC, which represents the Canadian arm of many major organizations like World Vision, Oxfam, the Red Cross and the Amnesty International. WE is a member of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation and said they were not opposed to joining CCIC.
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