Author: Clayton DeMaine
According to access-to-information records released by the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s airplane dining records reveal that Carney and his travel companions spent more than $175,000 on food during a 10-day trip to China, Qatar, and the World Economic Forum’s Davos convention.
The records show that from January 13 to 22 this year, Carney and his guests spent more on food in 10 days than the average Canadian family spends on groceries in a nine-year period.
The access-to-information documents reveal Carney and his team chose to dine on “Beef tenderloin with demi-glace sauce. Veal escalope with lemon and capers. Panna cotta with berries” while in the air travelling from China to Qatar and later to Davos for the WEF globalist annual meeting.
“You know you’re spending too much on airplane food when you could have eaten caviar and truffles at a Michelin-starred restaurant for a fraction of the price,” Franco Terrazzano, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s Federal Director, said in a statement.
According to a response to an order paper question tabled by Conservative Member of Parliament Scot Davidson, Carney and his “72-person entourage” spent $175,248 on airplane food during the trip, as highlighted by the CTF.
“The catering bill works out to about $2,400 per passenger. Carney spent more on airplane food during this trip than on any of his previous trips as prime minister,” the CTF said in a press release about the expenses.
“Carney’s airplane catering cost taxpayers about $300 per passenger for each meal service. That’s significantly more than the cost of lunch at TRB Hutong, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Beijing. Its lunch features confit duck, caviar, scallops, truffles and dessert for about $180 per person.”
The menus obtained by the CTF show multi-course gourmet meals, including four different beef dishes, entrecôte, a “premium cut” of beef, and beef tenderloin with demi-glace sauce. There was also veal escalope with lemon and capers and veal blanquette with cream sauce.
The menus also featured salmon with coconut curry sauce, truffle risotto, sea bass fillet and caprese salad with burrata and pesto.
For dessert, they had blueberry cheesecake, apple strudel, crème brûlée and chocolate mousse.
“Taxpayers weren’t at the table on Carney’s flight, but we’re stuck with the bill,” Terrazzano said. “The food sounds delicious, but it’s the bill that’s giving taxpayers indigestion.”
According to the CTF, Carney has officially now outspent former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on airplane food.