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'No one is more ticked off' about $200k in private jet costs, Ford says
Documents show taxpayers still face more than $190,000 in aviation-related costs after the province bought and quickly resold the jet.
- On Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said no one is more "ticked off" about $200,000 in costs to taxpayers for a private jet purchase, but declined to commit to personally repaying the expenses when pressed by reporters.
- The government bought a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet earlier this year for Ford's use, but public backlash forced the province to sell it back to Bombardier at the same purchase price, leaving taxpayers with nearly $200,000 in aviation-related costs.
- Calendar records show Ford essentially stopped flying commercial in late 2025, switching almost entirely to private or charter flights; since January 2025, at least two-thirds of his flights have been private, including at least nine of his final 10 logged flights.
- NDP Leader Marit Stiles accused Ford of developing "a taste for taxpayer-funded luxury lifestyle," while Liberal critic Stephanie Bowman noted nearly 700,000 Ontarians are unemployed, arguing the funds could have addressed housing and healthcare instead.
- Ford's shift to private aviation began months before the jet purchase, with calendar data showing he relied on OPP aircraft after May 2023 and increasingly used Skyservice Business Aviation for short trips between Toronto and Ottawa in late 2024 and early 2026.
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'No one is more ticked off' about $200k in private jet costs, Ford says
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says no one is more “ticked off” about $200,000 in costs to taxpayers for a private jet purchase, but he is not committing to personally repaying it, as the NDP has urged. The government bought a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet for the premier’s use earlier this year, but after it came to light and sparked public outcry, Ford pledged to sell it. He said the province sold the jet to Bombardier for the s…
·Toronto, Canada
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