CommunityAIR public meeting: Time: Thursday November 16, 8:00 pm, Harbourfront Community Centre This meeting has been called to discuss the glaring lack of democratic representation on the Toronto Port Authority (now renamed Ports Toronto) Board of Directors. The following report summarizes the issues. What Happened to the Liberals’ Promise to Reform the Toronto Port Authority? A Report by ...
Waterfront For All condemns sale of 30 Bay Street
The controversy over the sale of land at 30 Bay Street for $96 million by Ports Toronto continues. This is a link to a letter sent by Ed Hore, Chair of Waterfront For All, to the Honourable Marc Garneau, the Minister of Transport. It clearly expresses the concerns of citizens. The letter is supported by 16 community groups ...
Video on “Ground Runup Enclosure”
This note and link to the PortsToronto video on the Ground Runup Enclosure, comes from Hal Beck, a neighbourhood member of the airport liaizon committee. Hi All, attached is a link to a recent 4 minute video of the Ground Runup Enclosure (GRE) recently constructed at Island Airport, containing some time lapse footage and technical info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAt8kziW9D0&t=47s In ...
Airports, aircraft and climate change
This is an interesting article on climate change and the airline industry called “How private airports could warm the climate.” Brian Iler, the Chair of CommunityAIR is quoted. http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/05/15/analysis/how-private-airports-could-warm-climate
Another letter to Adam Vaughan
Dear Adam: I recently heard of the sale of the 1.8 acre parcel of land at 30 Bay /60 Harbour Street to Oxford Properties with the proceeds going to Ports Toronto. I’m extremely disappointed. I was hoping that you and the Liberals would put a further crimp on the subsidies and support to the island airport. ...
Huge Public Asset to be Sold by Ports Toronto: Federal Liberals Approve with No Community Input
(Editor's note: The issue of the sale of land by Ports Toronto has aroused great interest. We are publishing here a more complete version of the press release issued by CommunityAIR.) Press Release issued by CommunityAIR May 1, 2017 Today, Ports Toronto announced they have Federal Liberal approval for the sale of a massively valuable 1.8 acre ...