The 4,200 km round trip comes just as the prime minister is stepping up talk of his climate change agenda
Less than two days after taking the prime ministerial jet to Florida for his spring vacation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used it to quietly return to Ottawa for a day of ‘private meetings.’
After only two days in Florida, the jet then took to the air Monday night bound for Ottawa, before returning on Tuesday. The flights were first noticed by a Twitter user with the handle “@rerified.” “What I told some journalists even on Sunday was … ‘don’t be surprised if the PM comes back for meetings this week’ and he did indeed have a couple of meetings yesterday,’” said Chantal Gagnon, senior press secretary with the Office of the Prime Minister.
— Justin Trudeau March 12, 2019“He also had a call with the Kenyan president about the Ethiopian Airlines crash,” she said. It is also possible his visit has drawn in agents from the United States Secret Service, the agency usually tasked with protecting visiting heads of government.
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