As an MP, I've been able to use my member's office budget to visit a uranium mine, for example. I've been to the Six Nations reserve, which is not too far from my community. I also went, just this summer, to Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge in Saskatchewan. These trips have greatly educated me, as a member of Parliament.
I've also done trips with Results and World Vision. They're far from lavish. I'm not talking about the porterhouse steaks and chateaubriand that I know some sponsored travel includes. This was economy travel. This was not staying in lavish hotels at all. These were educational, and they have informed my work as an MP. I feel no obligation to those organizations, but it has informed my decision-making in the things I've done.
How do you get that balance? We don't have a budget to travel internationally.