Feds spent $6.8M to house 15 people in Calgary quarantine hotel last year
This photo shows the inside of Calgary's quarantine hotel in February 2021.Turning the Westin's Calgary Airport Hotel into a COVID-19 quarantine facility for travellers cost the federal government $26.8 million from 2020 to 2022, according to documents.
Ottawa concluded its deal with the Westin at the end of October 2022, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada . All remaining COVID-related travel restrictions ended on the first of that month. "It's translating this money into what it means for an average person. Again, 4,100 Calgarians could have had their rent paid for for a month based on what they wasted on here."
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