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Government Operations committee I will if I can. Once we looked through it—and we have the final invoices—the total cost turned out to be $80,000.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee We'll take it on, in order to look into those and provide what we have to you.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee We'll take a look at it, yes, or to provide it.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. It's a great question. There are additional costs beyond catering for our flights. Specifically, there are costs for airport taxes, administrative fees, security charges and local taxes.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee When we go to certain airports, there are charges for landing fees and airport taxes that are not—
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee No, they're separate from the catering charges.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee The charges of $80,367 for the catering costs hold, which were included in a further update we gave in June and were not part of the original Order Paper question. But we do have additional costs beyond catering, just to be clear.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee I do not know what the cost was per person.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee I don't have the specifics of those costs with me.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee What I can say is that where we go to really dictates the price. So, for example, in Qatar and the UAE, the catering costs are quite high, and there are certain locations—
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee I'll get you what we have.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair. It's a great question. Initially, when we responded to the Order Paper question, the cost that came out was $93,117.89. What we didn't specify, which we should have, was that it was based on an estimate, based on what we understood at the t
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee Each caterer we worked with had a cost. We had estimates. And then—
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee Mr. Chair, I thank the member for her question. Over the years, we have changed the way we're ordering our catering services, specifically with the amount we order for the flights. Beyond working with Global Affairs Canada protocols to determine the type of menu selections—chick
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny
Government Operations committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do not have a set budget for a specific flight. We are provided operations and maintenance funding throughout the year to cover VVIP travel, but we don't have funds specifically allocated for each flight.
September 22nd, 2022Committee meeting
LGen Eric Kenny