junkets

Among the many junkets Canadian MPs accepted last year from foreign governments and various lobbies was one “cultural and economic exchange” to the United Arab Emirates taken by Bloc Quebecois MP Meili Faille. The $6,000 trip was sponsored by the Muslim Association of Canada.

Ethics commish Mary Dawson has released her annual list of sponsored travel, aka junkets, for MPs for 2008. There’s nothing that strikes me as terribly scandalous — though I’d love to know what gift Serge Menard got from the Canada-Israel Committee that was valued at $10.