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Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft
Ontario will sell the used Challenger 650 after critics called the $28.9 million purchase wasteful spending during an affordability crisis.
- On Sunday, Premier Doug Ford announced Ontario will sell the $28.9 million Bombardier Challenger 650 jet, reversing the government's recent purchase after widespread public outcry.
- Opposition leaders, including New Democrat Leader Marit Stiles and interim Liberal leader John Fraser, dubbed the purchase the "gravy plane," slamming spending during an affordability crisis for Ontarians.
- Ford's office initially defended the $28.9 million cost by comparing it to Quebec's $107 million jet purchase, though critics rejected this justification as inappropriate during the crisis.
- Working with Bombardier, the government is moving to sell the 2016 jet quickly, while the aircraft remains grounded having never completed a flight since purchase.
- Ford conceded Sunday that "now is not the right time" for such expenses, as the reversal seeks to curtail political damage amid public scrutiny over affordability.
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haltonhillstoday.ca+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
'The people don't want it,' Ford says about decision to sell jet days after purchase
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he listened to the taxpayers who told him over the weekend he needed to reverse his decision to buy a used $29-million private jet for his use.
·Halton Hills, Canada
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‘He felt the heat’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford will sell private jet after critics slam ‘gravy plane’
Here’s why Doug Ford is abruptly selling the Bombardier private jet and why the decision to purchase it was widely criticized, even by right-wing pundits.
·Cambridge, Canada
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Le Journal de Quebec
Le Journal de QuebecDoug Ford recedes and sells the private jet purchased by his government, just two days after the transaction was revealed to the public.
·Montreal, Canada
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Leaning Left39Leaning Right3Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Left
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