Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

Minister/Ministerial adviser/Ministerial staff/Parliamentary Secretary/Exempt Staff

Travel to: Dallas and Houston, USA; Amsterdam and Nijmegen, The Netherlands; New Delhi, India; Kuwait City, Kuwait and Camp Canada in Kuwait; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Dublin, Ireland. (Dallas): Meeting with Donald Carty, Chairman of Virgin America; Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation. Attended the North American Thought Leaders Dinner. Meeting with HE Jose Antonio Meade, Foreign Minister of Mexico. (Houston): Visit to the Johnson Space Center and meeting with LCol Jeremy Hansen and Dr. David Saint-Jacques, Canadian astronauts. Meeting with Charles Davidson, CEO of Noble Energy. (The Netherlands): Meeting with John Crocker, Executive Vice-President of Government Relations, Royal Dutch Shell. Meeting with HE Frans Timmermans, Foreign Minister of The Netherlands. Visit with FM Timmermans to Nijmegan battlefield. Wreathlaying at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Visit to the Jewish Historical Museum and the Anne Frank House Museum. Wreath laying at Schiphol Airport Flight MH17 Memorial. (New Delhi): Attended Cricket Diplomacy event. Attended memorial event for Mr. Mebs Velji at the Canadian High Commission. Discussion panel with the Observer Research Foundation. Meeting with HE Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. Attended event with Hon. Deepak Obhrai at the Indo-American Friends Group. Meeting with Dr. Ashok Dayalchand with Girls Not Brides. Spoke and led International Day of the Child Event at RK Puram Delhi Public School. Strategic Dialogue meeting with HE Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs of India. Meeting with Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor. Conducted media interviews with The Hindu, TVToday, CNN-IBN, and the Times of India. Co-hosted reception with Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia. (Kuwait): Visit to Canadian Forces troops at Camp Canada. Meetings with HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; HE Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah, Minister of Defence; HE Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister. Joint media availability. (Jeddah): Meetings with: HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; HRH Prince Banda bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, President of the National Security Council; HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Minister of the Interior. Visit to Islamic De-radicalization centre. Meeting with Mr. Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Visit to Tim Hortons Jeddah. (Dublin): Meeting with HE Charles Flanagan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. Meet and Greet with Canadian Embassy staff. Reception with representatives of the business community.

Oct 8, 2014 to Oct 18, 2014

Texas, The Netherlands, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Ireland

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