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At the time, the premier said the plane was sold back for the exact same price, promising to publicly release financial documentation on the transactions.

The documents released late Wednesday afternoon show the province incurred nearly $200,000 before taxes in aviation-related costs outside of the purchase and sale.

These include expenses of nearly $140,000 in aircraft management services such as maintenance, storage and servicing, as well as nearly $34,000 in outside legal counsel.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

No one escapes the restocking fee!

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow I sure hope sticking it to the Toronto elites and entitled unions by voting in a small time hash dealer FROM TORONTO was worth it

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

How dare you! Doug Ford was actually a significant mid-level hash dealer.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, at RCMP headquarters...

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Chump change compared to the generational damage Mike Harris II is doing to our province. Actually believable as a distraction tactic.