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Scott Stinson: Ontario buys $28.9M private jet for Premier Doug Ford's travel

Doug Ford's office defended the private jet as important for his travel, but critics say it's out of touch

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Maybe Premier Doug Ford was just trying to emphasize the importance of interprovincial trade in these difficult economic times.

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The Ontario government has spent almost $30 million on a Quebec-made Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet, to be used primarily for the premier’s travel. An official in Ford’s office told the Toronto Star, which first revealed the purchase on Friday morning, that the used, 10-year-old plane, could be used for other government purposes in emergencies, but that its main purpose is for Ford’s “extensive travel” within Canada and to the United States.

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Provincial opposition leaders on Friday sounded like they couldn’t believe this bit of good fortune had dropped into their laps.

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