Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it never used
Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn't use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn't show up or chose less expensive hotels.
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![OSCE Parliamentary Assembly 30th annual session - Opening Plenary Session / 30ème session annuelle de l’Assemblée Parlementaire de l’OSCE - Séance plénière d’ouverture Vancouver, British Columbia, Colombie Britanique, on June 30, 2023. © HOC-CDC, 2023 Credit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services MP Hedy Fry and Senator Peter Boehm at the July 2023 OSCE AP conference in Vancouver.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7103540.1706905068!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/osce-pa-30th-a-s-opening-plenary-session.jpg)
Parliament spent nearly $600,000 on luxury hotel rooms it didn't use when nearly half of the delegates at a conference of European parliamentarians it hosted either didn't show up or chose less expensive hotels.