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Ontario Plans Special Economic Zone to Expand Billy Bishop Airport
Ontario will bypass municipal and provincial rules using Bill 5 to extend Billy Bishop Airport runway for jets, enabling faster approvals and economic benefits, officials said.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is declaring Toronto's island airport the province's first special economic zone as it takes over land owned by the city.
- Ford says he's taking control from the city because of the 'so-called lefties on city council' who do not want to modernize the airport.
- Ford's government passed Bill 5 last year, which allows the province to suspend provincial and municipal laws for a given project.
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Doug Ford says Ontario will take control of Billy Bishop Toronto Island Airport to expand the runway. Here’s why the plan is controversial
By declaring the airport a special economic zone, the province could suspend environmental laws and extend the runways to accommodate larger aircraft.
Ford says province will declare Billy Bishop Airport 'special economic zone' as it looks to expand for jets
Premier Doug Ford says his government plans to give Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport special designation that would allow the province to bypass municipal and provincial laws as it pushes to expand the runway downtown.
·Canada
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Ontario's Prime Minister Doug Ford wants jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. He calls the opponents of the project "leftists."
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources45
Leaning Left27Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution87% Left
Bias Distribution
- 87% of the sources lean Left
87% Left
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