What disconnects for me is the news reports saying that the jet cost the province $29M (+/-), and it was sold back for that amount days later. Did the government of Ontario write a cheque for $29M, and then have a check for $29M writtin back to them for this transaction? if so, what's that airplane actually worth? I know little about the value of challengers, but my quick Google search suggests a value less than a quarter of that. Maybe there was a prepaid operating contract? If so, did the government of Ontario prepay many millions?
Something is not adding up for me on this...