{
  "id": 685286,
  "title": "Senate speaker spent close to $1M on ‘courtesy calls’ and other foreign travel, Taxpayers Federation finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/senate-speaker-spent-close-to-1m-on-courtesy-calls-and-other-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:55:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "National Post",
    "slug": "national-post",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/senate-speaker-spent-close-to-1m-on-courtesy-calls-and-other-foreign-travel-taxpayers-federation-finds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Raymonde Gagné, a self-professed 'avid traveller,' has made at least 14 international trips since she was appointed speaker of the Senate in 2023, records show",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}