Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized
As civil servants raced to finalize the purchase of a private jet for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford was crisscrossing the province on an OPP plane. “The only premier in the history of this province.”The cost of operating the OPP jet to fly across southern Ontario is unclear, and the premier’s office did not disclose it when asked. Windsor, Kingston, North Bay and Ottawa Itineraries for Premier Ford accessed by Global News using freedom of information laws show a flurry of short-range flights at the beginning of 2026.
- ▪As civil servants raced to finalize the purchase of a private jet for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford was crisscrossing the province on an OPP plane.
- ▪“The only premier in the history of this province.”The cost of operating the OPP jet to fly across southern Ontario is unclear, and the premier’s office did not disclose it when asked.
- ▪Windsor, Kingston, North Bay and Ottawa Itineraries for Premier Ford accessed by Global News using freedom of information laws show a flurry of short-range flights at the beginning of 2026.
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As civil servants raced to finalize the purchase of a private jet for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford was crisscrossing the province on an OPP plane. Schedules obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws reveal that, in a month and a half, Ford took four short-haul domestic flights on the plane and chartered a jet to travel to Texas.Between the beginning of March and mid-April, Ford flew in and out of Windsor, Kingston, North Bay and Ottawa each in a single day.“Decisions about travel are made on a case-by-case basis, depending on security, scheduling, the availability of commercial flights, and the availability of the OPP aircraft,” the premier’s office wrote in a short statement.The revelations come as the premier tries to get control of a spending scandal in his party driven…
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