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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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The 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 built in Canada was acquired by Ontario for the official duties of the Prime Minister at a cost of $28.9 million.
·Montreal, Canada
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Ford government to sell $28.9M private jet, dubbed 'gravy plane'
The so-called “Gravy Plane” has been grounded before it even took flight. Just days after revealing the purchase of a nearly $30 million private jet, Premier Doug Ford says his government is now selling the plane. “Despite the best of intentions, I have heard and agree that now is not the right time for the […]
·Toronto, Canada
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