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:
Travel to London, United Kingdom (Bilateral Meetings) (CEFM Conference); Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Bilateral Meetings); Tokyo, Japan (Bilateral Meetings); Beijing, China (Bilateral Meetings); Dili, East Timor (Bilateral Meetings); Singapore (Bilateral Meetings) (International Institute for Strategic Studies Forum); Jakarta, Indonesia (Bilateral Meetings); Hong Kong (Bilateral Meetings) (Opening of new Canadian Chancery and Vin d’honneur); Guangzhou, China (Bilateral Meetings); Yangon, Burma (Bilateral Meetings) (Opening of new Canadian Chancery); Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (ASEAN Ministerial Conference); Meeting with Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England; Meeting with The Right Honourable Alistair Burt, MP for North East Bedfordshire; Meeting with HE William Hague, House Leader of the Government; Announcement with Mr. David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the Treasury of the UK; Meeting with HRG Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau; Attended reception hosted by Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development for the United Kingdom; Attendance at the Child Early and Forced Marriage Summit hosted by PM Cameron of the United Kingdom; Toronto Star Interview; Meeting with Mr. Babatunde Osotimihin, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund; Meeting with Dr. Mistapha Sidiki Kaloko, African Union Commissioner of Social Affairs; Reception with Private Sector in Ulaanbaatar; Meeting, announcement, luncheon, and dinner with HE Luvsanvadan Bold, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mongolia; Meeting with HE Norovyn Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia; Attendance at Mini-Naadam Games and Ceremony; Call with HE Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia; Tour of Tokyo Gas Sodegaura Liquid Natural Gas Plant Mr. Shin Yamagami Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Production Division; CBC’s “The House”; Interview with The Globe and Mail; Dinner at Canadian Embassy of Japan hosted by Manulife; Meeting with Mr. Mackenzie Clugston, Ambassador of Canada to Japan; Meeting with HE Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Media availability and luncheon hosted by HE Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister of Japan; Meeting and Address to the Keidanren Business Federation; Interview with Nikkei Shinburn; Meeting, luncheon, and media availability with HE Wang Yi Foreign Minister of China; Visit of the Palace Museum; Meeting with Xanana Gusmo, Prime Minister of Timor Leste; Meeting and luncheon with HE Jose Luis Guterres, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste; Meeting with Mr. Robert Pickard, Chairman (Asia Pacific), the Huntsworth Group; Roundtable with Private Sector representatives in Singapore; Speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Fullerton Forum; Meeting with Dr. Tim Huxley, Executive Director, International Institute of Strategic Studies; Call with HE Teo Chee Hean, Deputy PM and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs; Meeting and luncheon with HE Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam Foreign Minister of Singapore; Meeting with Wayne Farmer, President of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council; Call with HE Joki Widodo, President Elect of Indonesia; Reception with Private Sector representatives of Singapore; Meeting with HE Le Huong Minh Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Bilateral consultative forum and luncheon with Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Meeting with Mr. William Doo Chairman of FSE Holdings Limited & Deputy Chairman of NWS Holdings Limited & Mr. William Doo Junior Assistant to the Chairman & Director & Member of Corporate Social Responsibility, NWS Holdings; Meeting with Mr. Lei Zhing Chairman and CEO of Hillhouse Capital; Roundtable with Canadian Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors; Opening of New Chancers and Vin d’honneur in Hong Kong; Investment Roundtable in Guangzhou; Meeting with Mr. Hu Chunhua, Party Secretary for Guangdong Province; Meeting with Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Opening of new Canadian Chancery in Yangon; Reception with Private Sector and Civil Society in Yangon, co-hosted by Building Markets Canada; Visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda; Meeting with HE Yun Byung-Se, Foreign Minister of Korea; Attendance at ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference; Attendance at Official Dinner hosted by HE Wunna Maung Lwin, Foreign Minister of Burma.
Date:
Jul 17, 2014 to Aug 10, 2014
Destination:
London, Ulaanbaatar, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Dili, Jakarta, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw
Reference Number:
T-2014-P05-00003
Costs
Costs
Airfare$21,590.99
Lodging$3,092.41
Meals and Incidentals$1,709.64
Other Expenses$39.56
Other Transportation$73.29
Total$26,505.89