Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her guests racked up a nearly $100,000 catering bill during their flights to and from the Middle East from March 16 to 24.

According to an order paper question put forth by Conservative MP Michael Barrett, Simon and her 29 guests, who travelled to London, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and back, spent $93,117.89 on board the government鈥檚 CC-150 Polaris aircraft.

, Simon was a guest of honour at Expo 2020 in Dubai. She was also slated to tour Camp Canada at the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and meet with members of the Canadian Armed Forces at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Barrett鈥檚 submission required the government to hand over various details of flights aboard the CC-150 Polaris 鈥� including volume of fuel used and amount of money spent on fuel 鈥� between Dec. 1, 2021 and April 26, 2022.

鈥淲e always want transparency from the government on what their costs are for international travel, particularly at a time when Canadians have been unable to travel and are experiencing a cost of living crisis,鈥� he told 麻豆影视 Channel鈥檚 Power Play on Tuesday.

The cost of fuel for the trip came in at $248,127.02.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and 58 others amassed $57,401.56 in catering costs while travelling to London, Riga, Berlin, Warsaw, and back between March 5 and March 11. Their fuel bill was $195,265.47.

During another trip to Europe, Trudeau and 47 others racked up a $46,018.07 catering bill with $114,255.83 spent on fuel.

Rideau Hall's director of communications Natalie Babin Dufresne provided a statement to 麻豆影视 regarding the catering costs during Simon鈥檚 trip to the Middle East.

鈥淭he Governor General undertakes official and state visits abroad on request by the Prime Minister, and in support of Canada鈥檚 international diplomatic objectives. The Canadian Armed Forces are responsible for providing transportation during these visits and as such are responsible for all decisions relating to catering on these flights,鈥� the emailed response reads.

Barrett said while he understands the important work heads of state conduct overseas, it鈥檚 also necessary to consider the 鈥渓evel of luxury鈥� they鈥檙e enjoying.

鈥淭hey weren鈥檛 on the plane the whole time, we don鈥檛 know what their costs were at destination. We鈥檙e talking about just what they were consuming in-flight,鈥� he said. 鈥淔or many Canadians [the amount] exceeds their household income per year and they spent it on a single trip.鈥�