Former Ambassador to China Says Guilbeault’s $140,000 China Visit Had ‘Bloated’ Delegation

Published on December 14, 2023

A $140,000 expenditure for a delegation’s two-day trip to China in August led by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is facing criticism from Canada’s former ambassador to the country. “Delegation looks bloated, top-heavy for a brief, inconsequential vanity-fest in Beijing. Possibly a goodbye gift for senior political staff,” David Mulroney, who was Canada’s ambassador to China between 2009 and 2012, wrote in a Dec. 13 post on X. Mr. Guilbeault led a seven-person delegation to China from Aug. 26–31 to participate in the annual general meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), a high-level advisory body with a mandate to conduct research and provide policy recommendations to Chinese authorities on environment and development....

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