John Bolton - December 11, 2025


Carney Horrific #6 - Mark Carney's $736,000 TAXPAYER funded plane ride


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2 minutes

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126.670456

Word count

297

Sentence count

14


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Prime Minister Mark Carney's jet charter to attend a Gaza peace treaty costs $736,466.11. That's according to the response to a question filed by Conservative MP Larry Brock seeking costs of the October 13th trip.

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00:00:00.000 From the Toronto Sun, Prime Minister Mark Carney's jet charter to attend Gaza peace treaty
00:00:15.920 costs 736 G's. Ottawa, chartering a last-minute private jet so Prime Minister Mark Carney could
00:00:24.080 attend October's signing of the Gaza Peace Plan cost taxpayers $736,466.11. That's according to
00:00:35.780 the response to an order paper question filed by Conservative MP Larry Brock seeking costs of the
00:00:41.520 October 13th trip. When news of the trip first broke, the Prime Minister's office told reporters
00:00:46.840 a private jet was chartered to attend the signing in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh
00:00:52.180 because no Canadian Forces planes were available.
00:00:55.960 Quote, with the summit being planned by the United States on an urgent timeline
00:01:00.000 and invitations from the president being made so close to departure,
00:01:04.220 overlapping existing operational needs resulted in the option of a Canadian Armed Forces Airbus flight
00:01:10.120 and related crews being unavailable for this transport.
00:01:13.820 Unquote, the PMO said in a statement.
00:01:16.880 Using a Challenger jet for the same journey would have cost $198,800
00:01:21.680 based on an hourly operating cost of $7,100 and a one-way flight time of 14 hours.
00:01:29.040 A full itemized breakdown of costs was not included in the response,
00:01:33.400 but it did say the PMO chartered a Bombardier Global 5000 from Toronto-based Chartright Air Group.
00:01:41.180 Passengers on the flight included Kearney's Chief of Staff Marc-Andre Blanchard,
00:01:45.880 Policy Advisor Scott Gilmore, Global Affairs Director Lisa Jorgensen,
00:01:49.760 Carney's official photographer Danielle Pereira, and PMO staffers Emily Grant and Caitlin Power.
00:01:57.540 Passengers dined on American breakfast in flavored yogurt, caprese salad, and Italian chicken, according to the documents.
00:02:05.420 Canada was one of 30 nations and international organizations represented at the U.S. brokered treaty signing,
00:02:11.760 including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,
00:02:16.700 Italian PM Georgia Maloney, and UK PM Keir Starmer.