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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family vacation to Costa Rica in 2019 cost taxpayers nearly $200,000, according to records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
According to one of the federation’s blog posts, the PM billed $196,137 for the trip that began on Dec. 20, 2019 and lasted 16 days. The majority of costs are attributed to multiple Canadian Forces business jet flights.
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“Prime ministers are entitled to take vacations like anyone else, but they’re not entitled to stick taxpayers with a six-figure flight bill so they can sip Mai Tais on the beach,” said Canadian Taxpayers Association federal director Aaron Wudrick.