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

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.

John Bolton - December 11, 2025