Q-505 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the Prime Minister taking a charter flight to and from Egypt in October 2025 and the government’s approach to unforeseen travel requirements: (a) what were the expenditures related to the flight, in total and broken down by type of expenditure (rental fee, fuel, catering, airport landing fees, etc.); (b) what was the menu, including the beverages, on the flight; (c) how long was the flight each way in terms of (i) distance, (ii) time, (iii) amount of fuel used; (d) why was there no government aircraft available for this flight; (e) what is the government's policy related to ensuring that there are available pilots and crews for government aircraft on call for unforeseen travel requirements; (f) who is responsible for the pilot and crew situation that led to the need to charter the aircraft; (g) what is the government's estimate of the projected costs associated with flying its own Challenger aircraft to Egypt for the same trip; (h) from which company was the flight chartered; (i) what type of aircraft was chartered; (j) excluding security, who were the passengers on the flight; (k) at what time and on what date did the Prime Minister decide that he was going to fly to Egypt; and (l) at what time and on what date did the flight (i) take off from Ottawa, (ii) land in Egypt, (iii) take off from Egypt, (iv) land in Ottawa?