Feds Spent More Than $1.5M on Montreal Hotels for Biodiversity Conference: Document

Rooms booked at the hotels accommodated around 400 people at rates ranging between $249 and $289 per night.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal on December 6, 2022. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

The federal government spent more than $1.5 million to lodge public servants attending a UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal last year.

The information was tabled by the government in an Inquiry of Ministry released on Sept. 18, the first day of the current parliamentary session.