What’s good for the goose is apparently also good for Marc Garneau, who begins a stay today in a quarantine hotel for three days after returning from the United Kingdom where he attended the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign and development ministers in over two years.

Garneau’s spokeswoman Syrine Khoury said he would abide by the same rules that every Canadian has to follow after travelling outside the country, including doing PCR COVID-19 tests before and after boarding his flight to Canada and staying in a government-approved hotel for three days.

“There’s no special treatment for Minister Garneau. He will pass through the same process as every Canadian,” she said. It was not specifically noted whether Garneau would also isolate at home as part of Canada’s two-week self-isolation regime that came into effect on Feb. 22.

Khoury said Garneau travelled to the UK with his director of communications Ricky Landry for the G7 foreign and development ministers’ meeting in central London, where participants followed strict COVID-19 measures, including daily testing and social distancing.

Both were subjected to a total of seven COVID-19 tests during their trip including daily rapid tests and other strict safety measures while attending the G7 meetings and the meeting, for which the UK government allowed special dispensation for participants to forgo quarantine in the UK.

International Development Minister Karina Gould’s office said she didn’t travel to London because the UK government decided that she should participate virtually.

Garneau’s department announced last month that he would attend the G7 meetings in person. He received his first shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on March 15.

The department said G7 ministers looked into efforts on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring equitable access to vaccines.

Last week a group of air travellers lost a Federal Court bid for an interim injunction to prohibit hotel quarantines for returning passengers with Justice William Pentney ruling that the three-day stay does not put Canadians’ security at significant risk. However, the broader case against the hotel stays, organized by the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, is slated to continue in Federal Court with a three-day hearing starting June 1.