Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

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

Travel to Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC; and Toronto, ON: (Calgary) Hosted HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the business and political delegation accompanying the Foreign Minister - Meetings with Valley Hay Cattle Company (Hosted by Hon. Rona Ambrose and Bob Seaman; Alberta Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations; Rob Meijer, Canada Beef Inc.; John Van Hierden, President of Green Prarie International; Dave Plett, President and CEO of Western Feedlots; Michael Raymont, Managing Partner of AVAC; Gordon Bacon, CEO Canada Pulse). ATCO (Nancy Southern, President and CEO; Brian Hahn, President of ATCO Pipelines, and other officials from ATCO). TAQA North (Ed LaFehr, COO; Saeed Mubarak Al-Hajeri, Chairman). Energy Security and Business Dialogue (Hosted by TAQA; including Dan Themig, President and CEO of Packers Plus Energy Services; Sandra Leblanc, Canada-Arab Business Council; Russ Girling, TransCanada; Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, President of the University of Calgary; Dr. David Ross, President and CEO of SAIT Polytechnic; Jason Montemurro, Kern Partners; Terrance Ivers, SNC-Lavalin; Jeffrey Steiner, New Franchise Media Inc.; Amit Mehra, Nexen; Christopher Brown, Canaccord Genuity. Visit to the Calgary Stampede, hosted by TAQA North. Met with Bob Thompson, President and Chairman of the Calgary Stampede; Minister Richard Starke, Alberta Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation; and Mr. Jim Prentice. (Vancouver) Roundtable Meeting hosted by John Weston, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, with members of the Iranian and Persian community; Luncheon hosted by MP Weston on foreign affairs and economic issues. Continuation of visit of HH Sheikh Abdullah and delegation. Attended Engagement Dialogue on Liquid Natural Gas (Hosted by Hon. Ed Fast; Colin Hansen, Advantage BC; Madeleine Whitaker, BGCanada; Dan Woznow, Altagas; Christopher Duggan, RBC; Tracey Orr, TD Securities; Rob Whitwham, Spectra Energy. (Toronto) Meeting with Canada-UAE Business Council. Attended opening ceremony of new UAE Consulate General. Formal bilateral meeting with HH Sheikh Abdullah, followed by press conference. Co-hosted with Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs a roundtable on international security. Co-hosted Business roundtable and discussion with investment community (Danny Deep, GDLS Canada; Robert Bieler, SNC Lavalin; Michael Smith, Ellis Don; Kerry Adler, SkyPower Global; Jamie Wright, IBI Group; Carl Clayton, Stantec; Dan McAlister, B+H Architects, Ehren Cory, Infrastructure Ontario; Jeffrey Graham, BLG LLP; Robert Faissal, OzzClean Energy. Spoke at Commonwealth Leaders Conference at Massey College. Meeting with Paul Grod, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Attended Cultural Community Roundtable hosted by Wladyslaw Lizon, MP for Mississauga East-Cooksville. Media interviews with Canadian Jewish News, CP24 with Stephen LeDrew; New Pathway; Live Drive on Newstalk 1010.

Jul 5, 2014 to Jul 11, 2014

Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto

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