Alberta’s Smith says she took private flight on behalf of Saudi government
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735650/...di-government/
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The premier and a few members of her staff had travelled to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in late October and early November to discuss potential collaborations on energy development, artificial intelligence and more.
The premier’s office had never discussed the flight publicly before but Smith confirmed it at a legislature committee meeting Tuesday in response to budget questions put to her by Opposition NDP leader Naheed Nenshi.
He also called on her to table in the legislature any advice she was given by the ethics commissioner on accepting the flight.
Nenshi said in a statement later Tuesday that he was disappointed that Smith “waved off questions about the appropriateness of accepting the flights.”
“I asked her twice to table her correspondence with the ethics commissioner and I expect her to do so.”
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