Stop Toronto Island Airport Expansion, Ontario NDP Leader Asks Mark Carney

Stop Doug Ford’s expansion of Billy Bishop airport, NDP urges Mark Carney

In the wake of Premier Doug Ford's takeover of the city of Toronto's role in Billy Bishop airport, NDP Leader Marit Stiles is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to intervene.

Stop Toronto island airport expansion, Ontario NDP leader asks Mark Carney

The latest letter follows a similar plea last month in which Marit Stiles argued the changes weren't popular in Toronto and didn't have a business case.

Ontario to designate Toronto island airport special economic zone after land takeover

Ontario will soon designate Toronto’s island airport as a so-called special economic zone in an effort to fast track its expansion now that the province has taken over the land, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said Thursday. The province passed into law Thursday a bill that allows it to take over all the land on the Toronto Islands where Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is located. The province has said it will not take over the entir…

Toronto Island airport to be designated special economic zone after provincial land takeover

Ontario Construction News staff writer Ontario is expected to designate Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport a special economic zone next week, a necessary step to fast-track its expansion. The province passed a law Thursday enabling the takeover of all the land on the Toronto Islands where Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is located. According to Premier […] The post Toronto Island airport to be designated special economic zone after provincial land…