Prime Minister Mark Carney faces scrutiny over in‑flight catering bills and U.S. ties comments

Prime Minister Mark Carney billed $524,000 for in-flight catering during his first year in office, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The Taxpayers Federation said that sum equals what the average Canadian family would spend on groceries for 30 years, and it reported one Ottawa-to-Washington flight spent 11 times more on meals than the Royal Canadian Air Force spent on fuel. On the YouTube program "Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney," Carney called economic ties with the United States a "weakness," saying "We have to take care of ourselves because we can’t rely on one foreign partner" and that Canada cannot control disruption from its neighbors.