Out-of-Province Ministerial Travel

Out-of-Province Ministerial Travel
(including expenses of participants and general expenses associated with travel)
Ministry
Economy
Title of Travel
Forum Labour Market Minister’s Meeting
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Date(s)
July 9-11, 2014
Paul Merriman, Legislative Secretary for Immigration & MLA for Saskatoon
Sutherland
Participants
Alastair MacFadden, Assistant Deputy Minister, Labour Market Development
Division

Purpose of
Travel
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To represent the Government of Saskatchewan at two meetings with
Canada’s Labour Market Ministers:
o A Joint Symposium called “Skills for the Future” with more than 200
business and labour leaders, and provincial and territorial education
and labour market ministers (July 10).
o Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) meeting with provincial,
territorial and federal Labour Market Ministers (July 11).
Prince Edward Island is currently the provincial co-chair of the FLMM.
Total Travel Expenditures for Participants
Air Travel (including airfare and airport service fees)
Ground Travel (including taxis, car rentals, parking, trains, and buses)
$1,843.56
$47.85
Accommodation (including room charges, incidentals, related taxes and fees)
$934.68
Meals (personal per diem meal claims)
$174.00
Conference & Registration Fees
n/a
1
Miscellaneous (including temporary cell phone upgrades, fax and internet
charges, passport and visa fees, medical and inoculation fees, laundry and dry
cleaning, and other sundry expenditures)
n/a
Subtotal
$3,000.09
Business Hosting Expenses (luncheon and/or dinner meetings hosted by the
Government of Saskatchewan, including food, beverages, catering staff, service
charges, equipment, and entertainment)
n/a
Miscellaneous (Including meeting rooms, translator and interpreter fees, police
security, publications, shipping charges, gifts)
n/a
General Travel Expenditures
Subtotal
$0
TOTAL
$3,000.09
Overview of Travel and Objectives
Purpose/Objective(s):


To represent the Government of Saskatchewan at two meetings with Canada’s
Labour Market Ministers:
o A Joint Symposium called “Skills for the Future” with more than 200
business and labour leaders, and provincial and territorial education and
labour market ministers (July 10).
o Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM) meeting with provincial,
territorial and federal Labour Market Ministers (July 11)
Prince Edward Island is currently the provincial co-chair of the FLMM.
Attendance:
Paul Merriman: Legislative Secretary for Immigration and MLA for Saskatoon
Sutherland, attending on behalf of the Honourable Jeremy Harrison Associate Minister
of the Economy
Alastair MacFadden: Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Economy
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