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Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s $1.1M-trip cost ‘similar’ to other high-level visits: officials – National

December 16, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

The $1.1-million price tag attached to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon‘s eight-day trip to the Middle East earlier this year is “similar” to costs of other high-level visits of this nature, MPs heard on Monday.

That’s according to chief of protocol of Canada Stewart Wheeler, the civil servant tasked with overseeing official, state and diplomatic visits at home and abroad, who made the comment during a House of Commons government operations and estimates committee meeting.

“I can reassure the committee that the overall cost … of this visit was in line with similar costs for high-level visits of this nature in

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Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says media’s portrayal of trip expenses was ‘unfair’ but changes could be in the works

October 16, 2022 sNawaWebs.ADV

Governor General Mary Simon says that while she thinks the way catering expenses for her trip to the Middle East in March were portrayed in the media was “unfair,” a review is underway to minimize the cost of future voyages.

“I don’t even know what the orders are for meals. But I do know one thing — our meals are not very extravagant on these trips. They’re pretty much like airline meals and the way they were portrayed in the media was pretty unfair, I thought,” Simon said in an interview on CBC’s The House airing Saturday.

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