The group announced it would be seeking legal action to force the government to disclose who stayed in in the $6,000\u002Dper\u002Dnight hotel room.
As questions on who stayed in the room swirled, Rideau Hall issued a statement claiming Gov. Gen. Mary Simon — who at the time was“Rideau Hall has confirmed that it was not Governor General Mary Simon,”“Was it the prime minister? Was it a former GG? Was it Sandra Oh?”
Frédéric Huot-Bolduc of GAC’s official visits division replied by confirming the booking, but further details were redacted. — redacted not only to protect personal information, but also to prevent revealing information on the “…vulnerability of particular buildings or other structures or systems … or methods employed to protect such buildings or other structures or systems.”Article content
Meanwhile, Conservative MP Michael Barrett told the National Post he plans on calling Kung, Huot-Bolduc, U.K. High Commission Head-of-Visits Davon Singh and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to appear before the Commons ethics committee to explain — saying taxpayers deserve to know who stayed in the room.
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