To op or not to op

I thought this wasn't supposed to be a photo op? Just a gesture of belated good will from our fearless leader rushing in to airlift out a few selected foresaken Canadians. No? It's interesting for a non photo op trip, when Stevie had to shed staff and go down to a skeleton crew, he chose to keep three comms staffers (to serve dinner no less) on board instead of maybe a policy or security advisor, oh say, what about a trauma councilor? Check out the Globe and Mail's rendition of events and the diversion of limited Foreign Affairs staff to make way for the PM's tour.