Coronation of Charles III Canadian delegation cost 535000 – Le

Coronation of Charles III: Canadian delegation cost $535,000 – Le Journal de Montréal

The federal government spent $534,675 last May for a three-day trip to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. out of.

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This emerges from documents from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (FCC).

The Canadian delegation consisted of 102 people, an average cost per traveler of $5,241, a news release said Tuesday.

The FCC expects the final cost will likely rise even further as the issues are still being processed.

“The king’s coronation is a big event, but that doesn’t mean taxpayers should pay half a million dollars for more than 100 people to come to England,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the FCC.

Recall that on May 6, a Canadian delegation of 102 people, including 87 people accompanying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 15 others accompanying Governor General Mary Simon, traveled to Great Britain to attend the coronation of the new monarch in Westminster to attend Abbey.

The delegation also included various bureaucrats, several indigenous leaders, a handful of young leaders and astronauts Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons and Jeremy Hansen, among others.

Canada also sent a large delegation to Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in September 2022, incurring nearly $400,000 in hotel costs, the FCC recalled.

“Inappropriate”

For Bloc Québécois government operations spokeswoman Julie Vignola, the fact that a hundred people came to celebrate the coronation of a king is “a farce worthy of another century.”

“Every penny of taxpayer money spent on the British monarchy is one too many. […]. Quebecers are currently facing persistent inflation and skyrocketing mortgage payments. In this regard, it is completely inappropriate for the Trudeau government to waste half a million on the monarchy.

The Bloc Québécois is calling for this spending to stop and for Canada to cut its ties with the British monarchy “once and for all.”

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