Gov. Gen. Mary Simon used the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for a nearly 3,000-kilometre flight so she could attend a six-minute ceremony last summer, federal records show.
The mileage was disclosed in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons and reviewed by Blacklock’s Reporter.
According to the media outlet, flight crews ferried Simon back and forth between Ottawa and Halifax last August with expenses totalling $12,589, but which excluded the actual cost of aviation fuel and flight crews.
The Inquiry said Simon flew from Ottawa to Halifax on Aug. 23, 2022, for opening ceremonies of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Travelling along with her were an official photographer and five aides….