Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

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

Travel to Nicaragua, meeting with the Vice President, President and Foreign Minister. Meeting with the Head of the Nicaraguan National Police.Reception with representatives of the Canadian Mining & Renewal Energy Company and meeting with Embassy Staff. Travel to Costa Rica; meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting with the President, reception with Canadian and International Companies. Travel to Colombia; visit to Bogota, Centre for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, reception with Colombian Government Officials and Canadian business representatives, meeting with Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross, meeting with Embassy Staff. Travel to Chile; meeting with: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the President, Embassy Staff, reception with Canadian & Chilean business, Leaders and stakeholders. Travel to Paraguay; meeting withthe President Elect, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and meeting with the President, visit to the Chortitzer Cooperative Distribution Centre. Travel to Uruguay; meeting with the President, reception with representatives and local businesses and Government representatives. Visit to the Museum of Pre-Colombian and Indigenous Art, Exhibition of Canadian Inuit and First Nations Art, meeting with Embassy Staff, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and meeting with the Vice President. Travel to Brazil; Opening of the Blackberry Text Centre, meeting with the Vale CEO, Official Opening of the new office of the Consulate General of Canada in Rio, extended meeting on Strategic Partnership Dialogue with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting with the CEO of Brookfield Brazil.

Jul 28, 2013 to Aug 11, 2013

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil

T-2013-P05-00006