Vice Regal and 29 passengers used $93,117.89 worth of catering services while aboard RCAF transport plane during March visit to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait
An order paper question submitted by Conservative MP Michael Barrett shows Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her 29 fellow passengers using $93,117.89 in catering services aboard an RCAF CC-150 Polaris during herThe trip, which included a number of Rideau Hall and Global Affairs Canada staffers including Middle East director-general Jess Dutton and Canada’s Protocol Chief Stewart Wheeler, departed Ottawa on March 16 for the United Arab Emirates via London.
Government policy limits Canada’s PM to military-operated flights while in office, which operate under the CANFORCE ONE callsign whenever the PM is aboard. The Challenger’s 4,000 nautical mile range means numerous fuel stops for long journeys — usually in Gander, N.L.,. but also the U.K. or Iceland.Article content
Simon’s was most expensive at $248,127.02, while fuelling the PM’s two European trips cost $195,265.47 and $114,225.83.
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