Constine occasionally
does paid speaking engagements at conferences funded by companies he does not cover.
Do paid speaking engagements risk jeopardizing the integrity of political decision - making?
Not exact matches
And so while we can squabble about just what Justin Trudeau should or should not
do, our effort is much better spent thinking about the question one level up, as some commentators have already begun
doing: Should sitting Members of Parliament like Trudeau accept
paid speaking engagements?
But I don't accept
paid speaking engagements from these organizations, or any of the companies I cover, nor
do I accept any products or gifts from them.
The government is charged vociferously with
paying too much attention to faith groups (accused by left - liberal secularists of an unprincipled timidity on faith schools, being too open to faith
engagement in third sector; and of being generally rather socially conservative; and, alternatively, by the right having a cynical multiculturalist approach to minority faiths as electoral blocs) and also of too little attention to faith (with some «competitive grievance» claims that Muslims are getting too much attention, by some claiming to
speak for some other minority faiths and by some Christian voices; and traditionalists who think there is a secret project to
do in every institution).
A total of 18 MPs reported
doing regular media work or
speaking engagements and 27 reported having a
paid directorship, consultancy or advisory role.
This year, I have committed to become a Member of National Speaker's Association, which means I have to
do a certain number of
paid speaking engagements and also receive a number of testimonials.
You could
do so in the number of
speaking engagements you obtain or in how much you get
paid for them after release of your book, for instance.
Jenny's shop
did really well, and she started to
do some public
speaking engagements about gluten free cakes and marketing, and she was
paid for this.