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The federal government has revealed even more expenses from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled trip to India, the Sun has learned.

While the government last updated lawmakers and the public to the mounting tally of the February 2018 trip in September, the Department of National Defence has now revealed an additional $17,736.91 of catering expenses that was incurred on the PM’s round trip flight.

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This figure is a completely separate expense from the previously reported similar sum of $17,044.21 that was paid to take Canadian celebrity chef Vikram Vij along on the trip.

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The new funds, revealed in a response to a government order paper question put forward by Conservative MP Bob Saroya, were to cover food and beverages for the return trip for the PM and those travelling with him.

The services were provided by Gategourmet Catering, an international company known for providing airline food and beverage service.

The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately provide the Sun with a number of how many people the flight catering costs would have served.

In addition to the National Defence costs, Global Affairs Canada revealed a previously undisclosed $6,302.74. More than half of this was for accommodations at the 5-star Mumbai hotel The Oberoi.

While there has never been a final total provided for costs related to the trip, when the last update was provided in September it became clear the full cost for the trip would exceed $1.5 million.