The Department of Foreign Affairs has spent over $139,000 on Canadian diplomats buying tickets to concert, gala, or other events abroad since 2019, according to newly released federal records.
The department wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry recently tabled in the House of Commons that since May 1, 2019, diplomats have spent $139,114 on tickets to events while overseas, with the list of ticket purchases spanning 11 pages, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
Conservative MP Doug Shipley had requested the figures in an order paper question on May 5, asking for government-wide expenditures related to purchasing “gala or concert tickets.”
Spending on the event tickets included over $13,000 for Cirque du Soleil performances in Lisbon, Madrid, New York City, and Vilnius….