Carney facing backlash after $160K in airplane meal costs during one trip abroad exposed
The prime minister and his entourage used $160,000 of taxpayer funds to dine on Chilean sea bass, “chicken chasseur,” and "death by chocolate" during a week-long trip in November 2025.
On last night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation discussed how Mark Carney and his entourage spent nearly $160,000 of taxpayer funds on airplane food during one trip abroad last year.
The CTF's latest report found the prime minister's 55-person entourage racked up a bill working out to roughly $2,850 per passenger. CTF federal director Franco Terrazzano called the spending "unreal," noting the amount is more than the average Canadian family will spend on groceries in almost a decade.
Terrazzano said the menu included a sun-dried tomato and mozzarella omelette, French toast with cinnamon and berries, Chilean sea bass, beef tenderloin with pepper sauce, chicken supreme, and a dessert called "death by chocolate."
"This is getting completely out of hand," he said.
They're living the high life on your dime.
— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) July 16, 2026
Carney and his 55 person entourage spent $160,000 on AIRPLANE FOOD during a week long international trip.
Carney spent more money on airplane food during one trip than the average family spends on groceries in nine years. pic.twitter.com/v15Xwje4Ly
The trip is not an isolated case. The CTF says Carney previously spent roughly $50,000 on airplane food during trips to Brussels and London, and $93,000 during a trip to Italy — more than double what former prime minister Justin Trudeau spent on a similar Italy trip a year earlier.
By comparison, the CTF notes a former defence minister spent just $2,300 on food during a 12-day international trip, while the chief of the defence staff billed taxpayers nothing for a short flight to Washington, D.C.
Terrazzano said Liberal ministers have previously defended the spending in question period by arguing the prime minister must fly internationally for his job, a justification he rejected outright.
“It’s possible for the prime minister to travel internationally without billing taxpayers six figures for airplane food so we need Carney to make sure these types of bills never happen again,” he said.
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Ron Hoover commented 2026-07-16 15:32:20 -0400I think the real problem here is the price per meal that the Charter Company is charging and that the government would sign such a contract. I would be interested in knowing how a contract like this is awarded
I’ve quoted a few jobs for the government agencies using their MERX website and the paperwork is incredible with specifications and conditions running to several hundred pages . I don’t bother with that website anymore , but one part of that process is that the government needs to source several bids for a job.
I’m wondering, did this charter go out for tender and who signed off on it and it was at the best price?
The fact that they’re having beef or death by chocolate is not really an issue. I suspect that they could have had Mack & Cheese and the price would have been the same.
I am assuming at least four meals per person because they would have to be fed on the way down and the way back and ere seemed to be breakfast-style and lunch or dinner-style menus. So that’s working out to about $700 per meal.
I’ve flown business a few times and even with a few drinks I know the airlines are not spending close to $700 per meal on me. -
Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2026-07-16 14:33:40 -0400Entitled to their entitlements…..
