Government Travel Expenses
John Baird - Minister until February 2015
Department:
Global Affairs Canada
Disclosure Group:
Minister/Ministerial adviser/Ministerial staff/Parliamentary Secretary/Exempt Staff
Purpose:
Meetings with HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of State of Israel; meet with His Honour Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel; meet with HE Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority; meet with HE Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority; meet with HE Riyad al-Maliki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority; keynote adddress at the Herzliya Conference. Tour of the Israel-Gaza border base. Roundtable discussion on Iran with Select Experts. Meet with Mr. Tamis Pardo, Director of Mossad. Meet with Mr. Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executives-Jewish Agency for Israel; meet with Her Excellency Tzipi Livni, Israeli Opposition Leader; meet with HE Ehud Bank, Minister of Defence of the State of Israel; meet with HE Lieberman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel; meet with HE Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy for the State of Israel. Attend the Foreign Ministers' Panel Herzliya Conference. Meet with Representatives of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Accompany the Prime Minister to attend the Official Opening of the Canadian Tourism Commissioner's Summer Tourism Campaign; attend a Business and Education Roundtable. Attend bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper and Premier Wen Jiabao. Attend the signing ceremony with PM Harper. Attend Roundtable on Regligious Freedom. Meet with Canada-China Business Forum. Accompany PM Harper to bilateral meetings with President Hu Jinato, with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and with Executive Vice Premier Li Keqiang. Visit of the Canadian curriculum school. Accompany PM Harper to bilateral meetings with Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Wang Yang and Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai. Visit to Chongqing Zoo.
Date:
Jan 29, 2012 to Feb 12, 2012
Destination:
Jersulam, Tel Aviv and China
Reference Number:
T-2011-P11-00018
Additional Comments:
Flight from Chongqing to Canada via Government Aircraft. Accommodations in China paid by ICA
Costs
| Airfare | $3,729.55 |
| Lodging | $1,162.83 |
| Meals and Incidentals | $993.31 |
| Other Expenses | $0.00 |
| Other Transportation | $0.00 |
| Total | $5,885.69 |