Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province has sold off a private jet it purchased for $28.9 million following an outcry.
“I can announce we sold the plane for the same price right back to Bombardier,” Premier Doug Ford said at a Toronto event Wednesday.
The comment comes days after Ford’s office said he’d sell off the plane.
It’s not yet clear what additional expenses the province incurred around the jet purchase, which was slammed by critics as being “out of touch” during an affordability crisis.
Opposition Leader Marit Stiles has called on Ford to personally repay any additional costs around the jet purchase and sale.
For his part, Ford said earlier this week he believes the jet was needed, but that he’d sell it off anyhow after hearing “loud and clear” from the public.