Ford says he would never rule out Highway 407 buyback [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again musing about maybe buying back Highway 407 — an idea he has gone back and forth on for months — saying he won’t rule out the potential purchase.

On Wednesday, at an unrelated event, Ford was asked if he was still considering buying out the toll highway, which Ontario sold to a private operator in the 1990s.

The premier said the province had had conversations about the idea, but didn’t say if it was under any kind of meaningful consideration.

“The public service kind of goes back and forth, the Ministry of Transportation, but you know, without throwing any numbers, we should never have sold the 407,” Ford said.

“They’re going to be at capacity in 10 years, and I’d never rule out acquiring it, but we also have to build capacity.”

Ford said it would cost “tens of billions of dollars” to …