Feds Paid $6.8M in 2022 for Hotel Quarantine Rooms Used by 15 People: Document

A person is seen in a room at a government-authorized COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Richmond, B.C., on Feb. 28, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

The federal government paid nearly $6.8 million last year for COVID-19 quarantine rooms in a Calgary-area hotel used by only 15 travellers, according to an Inquiry of Ministry document recently tabled in the House of Commons.

The Westin Calgary Airport hotel was designated as a quarantine facility by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) under Section 7 of the Quarantine Act in June 2020.