New records show that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s six-day Indo-Pacific trip in September 2023 had a catering bill of more than $223,000.

The trip, in which Trudeau met with business leaders in Singapore and the president of Indonesia as well as attending the G20 summit in India, cost nearly $2 million.

The catering costs had previously been pegged <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;closer to $180K&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/trudeau-six-day-indo-pacific-trip-cost-2m-including-200k-in-catering&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/trudeau-six-day-indo-pacific-trip-cost-2m-including-200k-in-catering" target="_blank">closer to $180K</a> but a response to an order paper question in the House of Commons reveals the final tally was <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;$223,234&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/01CALP_INST:01CALP/12163031000002616?lang=en&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/01CALP_INST:01CALP/12163031000002616?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" target="_blank">$223,234</a>.

Meals included beef brisket with mashed parsley potatoes with truffle oil, braised lamb shanks and baked cheesecake with pistachio brittle.{ai:summary}<p>Trudeau's lavish six-day Indo-Pacific trip in 2023 ran up a catering bill of over $223,000, exceeding initial estimates. The trip, including meetings with leaders and the G20 summit, cost nearly $2 million. #politics</p>

Airplane food cost more than $220K on Trudeau's Indo-Pacific trip

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