#private planes

Doug Ford, the leader of the Canadian province of Ontario, has been criticised for his government's purchase of a pre-owned C$28.9m ($21m; £15.5m) private jet, with opposition leaders calling it a "gravy plane". News of the purchase was first reported by the Toronto Star newspaper on Friday and was later confirmed by the premier's office in a statement to media. The plane is a Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet, built in Canada in 2016. Ford's office said it will be used primarily for his travel, including to the US "to help make the case against President (Donald) Trump's tariffs". The purchase drew heat from Ford's political opponents, who called it "out of touch".

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

Story update April 19th: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxd8g47wnlo

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Me reading about how much Kitson Los Angeles loathes Meghan Markle:

"Harry and Meghan Markle are America's Most Unpopular Kids in School"

"We watched without the volume and the interview was just as bad. The only person we know that loves herself more is Chrissy Teigen."-Kitson LA

I wish this was as viral as the original article.

- The “carbon footprint” is a concept made up by the fossil fuel industry to shift blame away from themselves and onto individuals. I agree with the article’s premise but it did not mention the role of the government to better regulate, or that industries like the fossil fuel industry should. It’s much, much easier to blame individuals than call for systemic change. - The article was cited as “research” from a “sustainability-driven marketing agency” in publications like Buzzfeed, The Tab, and others. But it’s not research; it’s a compilation of someone else’s data. Plus, nowhere on their site does Yard call themselves a sustainability-driven marketing agency. They literally scraped the data from a Twitter user called Celebrity Jets. (Celebrity Jets does get it from a reputable and fact-checkable if occasionally inaccurate source, @ADSBExchange.) - There was no methodology. Maybe it’s the scientist in me, but for anything to be called a study you have to show your methods. The numbers were available upon request, so I have requested them, but otherwise it was unclear how they got these numbers.

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