Government Travel Expenses

Global Affairs Canada

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

Travel to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Inauguration of HE President Dilma Rousseff, and travel to Toronto for event with the Munk School on Global Affairs. (Brasilia): Briefing with Canadian Ambassador Jamal Khokhar. Attended official inauguration ceremony on behalf of Canada. Meetings and pull-asides with: HE President Rouseff, HE Mauro Vieira, Foreign Minister of Brazil, HE Antonio Patriota, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, HE Eduardo Dos Santos, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, HE Sergio Danese, Ambassador of Brazil, HE Joe Biden, Vice-President of the United States, Ms. Roberta Jacobesen, Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere of the United States, Mr. Ricardo Zuniga, NSC Special Representative of the United States, HE Li Yuanchao, Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China, HE German Vargas Lleras, Vice-President of Colombia, HE Gonzalo Gutierrez, Foreign Minister of Peru, HE Mehmut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, HE Riad al-Malki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, HE Heraldo Munoz, Foreign Minister of Chile, Mr. Enrique Garcia Rodriguez, Executive President of the CAF Development Bank of Latin America. (Rio de Janeiro): Officially opened the New Multi-Purpose Area of the Canadian Consulate General. Business reception at the Consulate. Visit to Canada Olympic House locations for Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (Toronto): Public event announcing launch of the Digital Public Square Project with the Munk School on Global Affairs. Meetings with Janice Stein, Founding Director of the Munk School, and Stephen Toope, President of the Munk School

Dec 30, 2014 to Jan 6, 2015

Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro

T-2014-P10-00002