The Golden Pig Awards for Canadian politicians who waste your money in dumb ways

[Shen Li]

Mark Carney billed Canadians $300,000 for his airplane food during his first year in office. 


It's hard to believe anyone could rack up higher travel bills than former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

But...

Prime Minister Mark Carney spent more than $21,000 on airplane food on a three-hour roundtrip to Washington, D.C. in May.

That means Carney and his entourage chewed through $7,000 of airplane food every hour.

And the flight wasn't even during a mealtime. They flew to Washington between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., where Carney and the gang immediately attended a dinner reception. They flew back at 4 p.m. the next day.

A 1.5 hour long flight, about the time it takes to fly from Calgary to Vancouver, is barely enough time to watch a whole movie, let alone chomp through thousands of dollars of food. And they spent $7,000 per hour on airplane food.

Air Canada and WestJet don't bother serving hot food on flights that short because who can't wait a few minutes to get a real meal when they land?

Two weeks after the D.C. trip, Carney went to Italy. The prime minister and his entourage spent nearly $94,000 on airplane food. That's about $5,200 an hour.

For context, that kind of money could cover the grocery bill of about five Canadian families for an entire year.

And you know Carney is wasting too much money on airplane food when he's wasting more money than Trudeau.

Trudeau also went to Italy while he was in office. He spent $43,000 on airplane food in 2024.