Poilievre slams Carney over $800,000 privately-chartered trip to Egypt

During Wednesday’s House of Commons question period, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre questioned the necessity of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent $800,000 privately-chartered trip to October’s Gaza peace summit in Egypt. According to the Privy Council Office when asked for expenditures related to the flight, the trip cost Canadian taxpayers more than three times it normally would if the Royal Canadian Air Force had been able to supply a plane. An outraged Poilievre lambasted Carney, who was not present. “He charged Canadians $800,000 for a privately-chartered jet, apparently his own Prime Ministerial jet was not good enough for him. He does this while he imposes an industrial carbon tax on farm equipment...Why is the Prime Minister being the Grinch of the grocery store charging taxpayers for flights when Canadians can't eat?” he said. The Department of National Defence said it was “extremely rare” for it to be unable to transport the Prime Minister as it’s crews and aircraft were assigned to other missions, training, or rest. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews