The Environment Department has pledged to reduce costs associated with future climate change conferences after questions were raised about $1.77 million being spent on hotel rooms for delegates to a United Nations climate change conference in Egypt last year.
“Our goal is always to keep the costs at a minimum if possible for such an event,” Chris Forbes, deputy minister of environment, told the House Environment committee on March 27, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“So we’ll look at the options with regards to hotels, costs … the delegation size.”
Forbes was responding to a question from Conservative MP Gérard Deltell who requested information in relation to spending on the 266-member Canadian delegation to the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), held in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20, 2022….