Middle East Visit: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: OTTAWA Taxpayers will be footing the bill for an entourage of at least 30 business people and community leaders to accompany Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his Middle East visit starting this weekend, his spokesman says, according to The Chronicle Herald. There is also as yet no complete list of all of those who will be accompanying Harper on the trip, MacDonald said and Air travel and some accommodation costs will be paid out of government coffers, although full details of the final tally are not yet available, Jason MacDonald said Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.