Friday 24 March 2023

Trudeau stayed in $6,000 London hotel suite for Queen Elizabeth's funeral

 

Trudeau stayed in $6,000 London hotel suite for Queen Elizabeth's funeral

Prime Minister's Office says hotel prices surged significantly ahead of the funeral

The stay at the Corinthia London hotel became the subject of public debate last fall when media honed in on the details of the $400,000 trip, after obtaining documents through access-to-information requests.

But Trudeau's office and Global Affairs Canada did not respond to questions last month about who stayed in the expensive river suite, which features a butler service.

Opposition MPs on the government operations committee asked for a copy of all receipts and invoices associated with the trip last month.

The room was booked on Sept. 9, one day after the Queen's death, for Sept. 15 to 20.

In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office says hotel prices surged significantly ahead of the funeral, and many London hotels were sold out as 500 heads of state and their delegations descended on the city.

The hotel's website currently lists the suite at 5,154 British pounds per night, more than the 4,800 pounds the government was charged in September.

A night in the river suite next month would come out to more than $8,000 at the current exchange rate.

Documents released through access-to-information requests note that the booking was for a three-bed suite. The hotel's website says it has one king-sized bed but there are "connecting rooms available on request."

The prime minister and his wife were the only two who stayed in the suite, his office said.

In November, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre peppered Trudeau with questions in the House of Commons about who stayed in the suite, but he didn't answer.

"The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was a significant event for Canadians. Canada was represented by former prime ministers and governors general to pay their respects to the monarch who oversaw almost half of Canada's time as an independent country," said a press secretary for Trudeau in a written statement Thursday.

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 469 Comments
 
 
 
bob thorn 
Of course.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to bob thorn
Not really
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stan OToole
so what happened to make him change his mind?  
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Stan OToole  
Somebody told him to 
 
 
 
 
 
Martin Mueller  
3 scandal this week…its only Thursday. 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Martin Mueller  
Welcome to the circus 
 
 
 
 
 
Mike Jones 
This man's abuses know no limits. 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Mike Jones 
Methinks Trudeau the Younger strongly believes that he is entitled to his entitlements just like Dingwall proved he was N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
Mike McRobie  
How much of that can we claw back? 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to Mike McRobie 
Surely you jest
 
 
 
 
 
Dottie Prentice 
It’s doubtful Sophie actually stayed there.

If she had she would have been in the lobby singing-up a storm with Lord Justin of Embarrassment.

 
David Amos 
Reply to Dottie Prentice 
Go Figure
 
 
 
 
 
Bradan Feasa 
Will the partisan Liberals who saw red over a $16 glass of orange juice be similarly outraged over this?
 
 
Darrell George 
Reply to Bradan Feasa  Bev Oda changed hotels to a more expensive one so she could smoke in the room. She then also required a car service to get her to meetings instead of being able to walk a few hundred feet to those meetings.

What she did was not about attending the Queen’s funeral, a necessity for a Canadian PM but so she could smoke in her room. 

 
David Amos  
Reply to Bradan Feasa
Clearly you have your answer 
 
 
 
 
 

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