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'No one is more ticked off' about $200k in private jet costs, Ford says

Published May 25, 2026 at 7:17pm

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'No one is more ticked off' about $200k in private jet costs, Ford says

The government bought a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet for the premier's use earlier this year. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

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 same amount of money as the purchase price.

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