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In October 2021, Simon brought along her husband and 31 others for a four-day trip to attend a German bookfair, which cost taxpayers about $700,000

Governor general bills taxpayers $71K for "Icelimo" during foreign trip


By -- Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, CTF—— Bio and Archives--July 14, 2023

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Taxpayers were forced to pick up the tab for a $71,000 bill from “Icelimo Luxury Travel” during Governor General Mary Simon’s four-day visit to Iceland last fall.

“The governor general spent more on fancy rides in four days than the average Canadian makes in a whole year,” Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said. “We’re not saying the governor general should be hitchhiking, but surely she could have gotten around a small island for less than the price of a brand-new BMW.”

The cost to taxpayers was more than $1,000 per hour during the 69.5 hours Simon and her entourage spent in the country, according to a review of her official itinerary.

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