thettctransitfanatic
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Well... I think the bathroom takes care of that.....
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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario
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EBT
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Ford needs to be asked why he thinks he as a provincial premier is entitled to a private jet with an intercontinental range? What is his justification for this purchase?
The Governor of California Gavin Newsom doesn't have a dedicated private jet. When Newsom flies it is often on California law enforcement aircraft typically a Beechcraft King Air turboprop when not flying commercial. This used to be the practice for Ontario Premiers. They flew on OPP King Airs when commercial was not feasible. The only California governor who flew on a dedicated private jet was Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he flew on his own private Gulfstream jet!
California has a population the size of Canada and an economy way much larger. How can Ontario Premier Doug Ford justify this purchase?
The Governor of California Gavin Newsom doesn't have a dedicated private jet. When Newsom flies it is often on California law enforcement aircraft typically a Beechcraft King Air turboprop when not flying commercial. This used to be the practice for Ontario Premiers. They flew on OPP King Airs when commercial was not feasible. The only California governor who flew on a dedicated private jet was Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he flew on his own private Gulfstream jet!
California has a population the size of Canada and an economy way much larger. How can Ontario Premier Doug Ford justify this purchase?
T3G
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narduch
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Apparently Ford is selling the Gravy Plane.
thettctransitfanatic
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BREAKING: Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft
Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of the purchase.
www.ctvnews.ca
BREAKING: Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft
Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of the purchase.
In a statement to CTV News Sunday morning, Ford said the decision comes after hearing public feedback and reassessing priorities.
“Despite the best of intentions, I have heard and agree that now is not the right time for the expense of a government plane. The province is working with Bombardier and other partners to sell the plane as quickly as possible. I will continue the work of building relationships with business and political leaders, both across Canada and in the United States, to fight tariffs, attract investments and create jobs for Ontario workers.”
The province says it is now working with Bombardier and other partners to offload the aircraft as quickly as possible.
The development marks a reversal from the government’s earlier move to secure the plane, which had been positioned as a tool to support economic outreach and investment efforts.
The process to sell the aircraft is now underway.
Monarch Butterfly
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Anyone bidding on the second-hand aircraft?
Will OPP sell it on auction for him, since he's so friendly with them? ( https://www.policeauctionscanada.com/ )
Do I hear $30 million? Do I hear $25 million? What about $20 million?
Will OPP sell it on auction for him, since he's so friendly with them? ( https://www.policeauctionscanada.com/ )
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81-717
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FACO (Ford Always Chickens Out)?
Northern Light
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BREAKING: Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft
Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of the purchase.
BREAKING: Doug Ford backs off government plane purchase, seeks to sell aircraft
Just days after announcing plans to buy a private jet, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will now move to sell its newly acquired plane, acknowledging concerns about the timing and cost of the purchase.
In a statement to CTV News Sunday morning, Ford said the decision comes after hearing public feedback and reassessing priorities.
“Despite the best of intentions, I have heard and agree that now is not the right time for the expense of a government plane. The province is working with Bombardier and other partners to sell the plane as quickly as possible. I will continue the work of building relationships with business and political leaders, both across Canada and in the United States, to fight tariffs, attract investments and create jobs for Ontario workers.”
The province says it is now working with Bombardier and other partners to offload the aircraft as quickly as possible.
The development marks a reversal from the government’s earlier move to secure the plane, which had been positioned as a tool to support economic outreach and investment efforts.
The process to sell the aircraft is now underway.
The optics of the purchase were so obviously poor, I find it bizarre that no one in the Premier's office had an inkling how this would go over w/the broader public like a lead balloon.
In relative terms is a drop in the bucket of the provincial budget, and the labour training slush fund is a much larger scandal.......
Still.
We'll surely ending up taking a write down on sale.....what's a few million and all that.
narduch
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The guy has zero accountability. He just assumed he could get away with it.
PL1
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And the Ontario electorate has not as yet shown that they care
urbanclient
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I could care less about the jet, it's other things like that slush fund and housing starts that concern me:
August 2025:
Canada isn’t in a housing starts slump—Ontario is
High development and building costs in Ontario, and substantial inventory are weighing on the initiation of new projects.
www.rbc.com
txlseries4
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The private jet is up there for one of the most out of touch things he's done but comes nowhere close to many of the other scandals in the barrage we've endured.
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It is true that other stuff (the corruption re Greenbelt and other development stuff) is FAR worse BUT the plane is easy for 'Mr or Mrs Everyperson" to understand and get pissed off by while they wait for the bus that fails to arrive or pay for the gas to fill their car which is only bought by cutting back on food.
urbanclient
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Setting aside optics, which I agree are awful. Is the province owning a private jet that much different from chartering private jets? It's also not at all uncommon in the States, or seemingly for Quebec for that matter.
"The statement issued by Ford's office contrasts the price of Ontario's plane to $107 million it says Quebec paid for one used and two new Challenger 650s, and $753 million the federal government paid for six new Global 6500 jets."