Avoiding ‘Political Capture’: Former Canadian Mayor Turned Down Free Trips to China

Avoiding ‘Political Capture’: Former Canadian Mayor Turned Down Free Trips to China
Madeleine Redfern, former mayor of Iqaluit, is pictured in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Dec. 10, 2014. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The former mayor of a northern municipality says she was offered free trips to China during her mandate, and while she turned them down, she knows of others who didn’t.

“I was aware of the perception of the problem of currying influence and favour, I think they sometimes call it ‘political capture.’ I did not think that was a good idea,” Madeleine Redfern told The Epoch Times in an interview.

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