Comments by "Grenade Tennis" (@hughjass1044) on "Say goodbye to "Canadian Forces 1": Aging plane which flew Trudeau, Canada's PMs to be replaced" video.

I actually flew on that old plane a few times. You'd be amazed at how spartan it actually was. I was serving in the military and posted in the Middle East in the 90s during Chretien's time when he refused to use it. So the Air Force just used it for general cargo and personnel on short hops. We often got our mail and other deliveries on that plane. Chretien refusing to use it was purely symbolic and, as it turned out, rather stupid since flying him around on other aircraft actually ended up costing more.
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