Prime Minister Mark Carney spent $195Gs on in-flight catering across 3 trips, documents reveal

Trips covered under the documents were the PM's March 2025 trip to the UK, his May 2025 trip to Rome, and a June flight to Brussels

Published May 27, 2026  •  3 minute read

Prime Minister Mark Carney walks along Sparks St. in Ottawa, ON. on Friday, May 2, 2025. Photo by Bryan Passifiume /Toronto Sun

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OTTAWA — Over a month after the Toronto Sun revealed that Prime Minister Mark Carney spent $524,000 on in-flight catering during his first year in office, newly-released documents reveal what the PM and his guests noshed on at 30,000 feet.

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Catering invoices obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) show $195,400 was spent on high-priced airline food on three separate flights of CANFORCE ONE, including veal, beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce and Scottish salmon fillet — along with high-ticket bottles of wine.

“Carney spent more money on airplane food during three trips than the average family will spend on groceries in a decade,” said CTF federal director Franco Terrazzano. “When the government is paying more than a billion dollars a week to cover interest charges on the debt, it’s time to stop irresponsible overspending on luxuries like gourmet in-flight dining.”

Wine lists, beef tenderloin, veal escalope

The PM’s March 2025 trip to London saw $52,610 spent on in-flight meals — with passengers given a choice between grilled chicken breast in tarragon mustard sauce and red wine-braised beef for lunch, with roasted chicken with potato gratin or pan-seared salmon with lemon and herb couscous offered for dinner.

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Wine lists provided by 437 Transport Squadron offered a variety of B.C. or Ontario red and white wines, including 2021 Inniskillin Montague Vineyard Chardonnay, Cave Springs Cellars Cabernet Franc 2020 and a 2020 Meyer Family Vineyards Pinot Noir.

During the PM’s May 2025 trip to Rome to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Pope Leo XIV, invoices show the RCAF was billed 53,127 euros ($85,431.67 CAD) for two meal services.

Invoices show VVIP (very, very important person) passengers had chicken breast of beef lasagna for their entree, with mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables, Mediterranean salad as side dishes, and creme brulee for dessert.

While unit costs and quantities were redacted, costs for those entrees ranged from 220 euros ($353 CAD) to 260 euros ($418 CAD)

For the flight’s second meal service, passengers chose between veal escalope and salmon, with chocolate mousse for desert.

Passengers given meal choices during flights

Passengers in the front cabin, largely consisting of staffers and Parliamentary Press Gallery members, were given the same meal choices — despite assurances from officials that, in the wake of Governor General Mary Simon’s infamous $100,000 in-flight catering spree in 2022, non-VVIP passengers aboard government aircraft would no longer get meal options.

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During the PM’s June 2025 flight to attend the 20th Canada-EU Summit in Brussels, invoices put the catering bill at just over $49,000 CAD.

Menus offered roast chicken breast with buttered carrots in a white wine gravy or beef tenderloin with bordelaise sauce for the first meal service, and french toast or cheese omelets and turkey sausage for the second meal.

For the flight home, beef stroganoff or grilled chicken breast were offered for the first service, with salmon fillet or braised beef in a red wine reduction for the second meal.

Again, quantities and unit prices were redacted.

The flights also featured a number of snack and hors d’oeuvres options, including charcuterie and a variety of desserts. 

The PM flew on the RCAF’s CC-330 Husky for all three trips.

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Previous reporting by the Toronto Sun put Carney’s in-flight catering bill at around $524,000 aboard CANFORCE ONE — about what the average Canadian family will pay for groceries in around 30 years.

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The 2026 Food Price Report puts average annual grocery costs for a typical family of four at $17,571.79.

The costliest trip was Carney’s PM’s November 2025 visit to the United Arab Emirates and the G20 leaders summit in Johannesburg, where the in-flight catering bill came to $158,986.43.

During one of Carney’s trips to Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, the RCAF paid 11 times more on food than what was spent on fuel.

“Carney has repeatedly told Canadians he would spend less, but he spent more money on airplane food than Trudeau,” Terrazzano said. “The prime minister shouldn’t need a focus group to recommend him to stop billing taxpayers half-a-million dollars on airplane food in one year.”

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