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Last week, Postmedia’s Bryan Passifiume <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;used flight tracker data&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://torontosun.com/news/national/nearly-half-of-the-182000-km-flown-by-trudeau-this-year-was-in-the-past-3-months&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://torontosun.com/news/national/nearly-half-of-the-182000-km-flown-by-trudeau-this-year-was-in-the-past-3-months">used flight tracker data</a>&nbsp;to calculate the precise number of kilometres that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau logged by private jet over the course of the summer.

According to Ottawa's own calculations, all this burned fuel caused $200,000 in global environmental damage{ai:summary}Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's summer travel was analyzed using flight tracker data, revealing the total distance he flew by private jet. The information was reported by Postmedia's Bryan Passifiume. The findings emphasize scrutiny of political figures' travel habits. #politics

FIRST READING: Here are the precise figures on the ocean of jet fuel Trudeau burned over the summer

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