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 ...

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 ...

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

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.  ...

(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 ...

Will airports and air travel make it impossible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of climate change? Recently the City of Vienna in Austria refused to allow expansion of its airport for that very reason. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022017/climate-change-vienna-airport-paris-climate-agreement-james-hansen?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social