‘We’ve moved on’: Ford government won’t share private jet sale documents

Ontario’s finance minister says the government has “moved on” from its short-lived, deeply controversial decision to buy a private jet, offering no indication of if or when the province will release details of its sale. Over a matter of days in mid-April, the Ford government said it had taken possession of a second-hand Bombardier Challenger 650 and then sold it again for the same $28.9 million it bought it for.Premier Doug Ford apologized for how he had communicated his plan but lamented having to sell the jet, saying it was “embarrassing” that Ontario didn’t have a plane for him or his cabinet to use.The fiasco — which appeared to coincide with a polling slump for the governing Progressive Conservatives — led to accusations from critics that the premier was out of touch.Two weeks after the government confirmed it had bought the plane, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tried to shrug off questions about the jet as a non-story. Story continues below advertisement Asked if and when the government would release documents to prove how much it had bought and sold the plane for, he said the government wasn’t focusing on the issue. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered