Justin Trudeau’s Easter Getaway in Montana Costs Taxpayers $230,000

Justin Trudeau’s weekend vacation at a posh club in the heart of the Montana mountains for Easter ended up costing Canadian taxpayers nearly $230,000, an amount almost 10 times higher than that claimed by the government in mid- September.

On September 18, the government indicated, following a question from the Conservatives, that expenses incurred for the Prime Minister’s vacation, from April 6 to 10, totaled a little more than $23,800.

However, according to what CBC News reported on Wednesday, the real cost of Mr. Trudeau’s vacation at the Yellowstone Club is rather $228,829, once we take into account a bill of more than $200,000 assumed. by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to ensure the security of the Prime Minister during his vacation.

The cost revealed by the public broadcaster does not include the normal salaries of members of the RCMP, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the staff who accompanied Justin Trudeau to Montana.

This isn’t the first time Justin Trudeau’s vacation has attracted attention. During his first term, he spent his 2016 Christmas vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island, eventually attracting reprimand from Canada’s Ethics Commissioner.

This year, Mr. Trudeau celebrated the New Year in Jamaica on the property of a family friend and donor to the Trudeau Foundation, a trip that cost taxpayers more than $160,000.

The prime minister’s vacation isn’t just controversial because of its cost. In September 2021, at the end of the last election campaign, Justin Trudeau took a few days off in Tofino, British Columbia. However, he had chosen to settle down right on the occasion of the very first celebration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to the great dismay of indigenous communities.