Rob Russo

In this case, I think it was Rob Benzie at the Star who uncovered it.

But beware anything like that.

This idea should never have been cleared for takeoff in any way.

Can you make an argument that somebody who is at the head of an enterprise that does hundreds of billions of dollars in spending every year should have access to this kind of travel?

Yes, you could.

They didn't make that argument.

I mean, the argument is...

Politicians get threats these days that it makes absolutely no sense for somebody who is at the head of a government or of any other enterprise should have to wait hours and hours and hours to get connections into places that they want to go.

I did check.

This plane is cleared to take off and land at Sudbury, Sault Ste.

Marie, North Bay, Kenora Drive.

And those are some areas where the premier needs to go.

But nobody made that.

Nobody talked about the cost benefit analysis of that plane.

buying this versus chartering, at times, jets for Premier's travel.

Nobody said that.

Nobody said anything about how it could be used, as Bill Davis tried to do a long, long time ago.

This could be refitted and turned into an air ambulance at times.

Nobody said that.

I don't think that was the case with this jet, by the way, so I want to make that clear.