For as bumbling as the UCP is, I'm sure there is a legitimate reason to be there. The Last of Us is a good as reason as I can think of to attend. That show put Alberta on the film map (again).
Some of the funniest arguments about government expenses are usually from the right, which, when finding out hotel costs for a trip, are often "WHATS WRONG WITH A ROADSIDE MOTEL? WHY CAN'T THEY EAT AT 7-11? CORRUPT". Some people literally want these government reps to wallow in their own filth when they leave the province. And if a left-wing politician does it, it's communism in the highest order.
I mean yeah, there's nuance and limits, but there's also reasonable expenses just like any private corporation does for their travelling employees.
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