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Since that “last national tour” in 2014, we calculated that Suzuki has made at least eight more trips to cities in Ontario, four trips to Montreal, he has visited Winnipeg a couple times, Atlantic Canada twice and Calgary at least once.

Many of these trips appear to have been public speaking appearances. One agency notes he charges $30,000 to $50,000 per appearance so it’s easy to see why he might be so driven.

But that’s just Canada … Suzuki has also been to Japan, Hong Kong and Australia too.

Interestingly enough, while the Toronto Sun noted Suzuki owned four properties back in 2013, TheGuardian indicated in 2017 that Suzuki owns a home in Australia as well.

What could be worse for the environment – at least according to Suzuki’s standards – than owning a nice little getaway on the other side of the world?

On top of those trips, we also found that Suzuki has done a few overseas documentaries for the CBC recently as well. He travelled to Egypt for a documentary on the Pyramids and one in Italy titled Obsession with Manners, Fashion, and Beauty: Pompeii’s People Revealed. In New York, Suzuki shot a documentary on Jumbo the elephant.

Back in 2016, the National Post ran a story that asked Suzuki about his travel. Suzuki claimed he purchases carbon offsets for all his travel, but conceded, “This is just to compensate for what I’ve put out – it doesn’t mean I’ve reduced my footprint.”

But isn’t that the point? Suzuki and his Foundation want everyone else to reduce their emissions so that Canada’s overall emissions go down – not merely to stabilize.