Qatar Courts ICAO To Move from Montreal to Doha

[Brian Abraham]

Canadian foreign affairs minister John Baird said he was caught off guard by a recent proposal by the Qatar government inviting the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to move its headquarters from Montreal to Doha. He said the wealthy Middle East nation is offering a significant amount of money to convince the United Nations’ aviation regulating body to consider the move. No one mentioned the proposal to Baird on a recent visit to Doha before the announcement. ICAO has been based in Montreal since 1946.

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Stirring up a hornets nest. Wonder the motivation to induce the move, and would it matter?

[PAXboy]

The motivation is the same as always: power and money!

Power because they want international organisations in THEIR country and money because it's jobs and many more people travelling in for meetings, which equal flights, taxis, hotels, restaurants etc.

A very smart move on their part.