i wouldn't consider the premise of the premier's office having access to round the clock air travel to be controversial if i thought it was necessary. the costs are minor, in context. however, it's not clear to me why the premier of ontario needs a private jet as anywhere he can go on a private jet, he can go on a public one.

ontario is very big and there are a lot of places that you can't get to in commercial aircraft or even by road, you need a small plane or a helicopter. it would make sense to me for ontario to have it's own small aircraft to ensure the premier can get across the province.

but the jet would probably have difficulty landing in a lot of these places anyways. it doesn't seem to have been well thought through.