(Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly argues that jets on the Waterfront will be good because it will help us get the Olympics. Bev Dywan pushes the argument to ask why would we ever want that? Editor) Why does Kelly think we need to host big sports competitions? Read this Economist article on why a city wants to host ...
Ignoring the Obvious
Google “Doctors Urge Caution on Impacts of Downtown Airport Expansion” and you’ll find that the mainstream print media that have reaped millions from Porter Airlines advertising revenue seemed to have missed the press release put out by the Medical Reform Group. Indeed, the result shows two mentions under that search of the airport by major print ...
Playing Nice
What’s up with the port authority? First, the port authority finally gives the City a copy of the airport’s Master Plan that the City asked for at least several times. Now, in a press release dated January 9 the port authority declared that it has seen the light and now wants to come to terms with the ...
Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Part 2
Part 1 of the sweetheart deal topic mentioned documents that contain information that has gone into building the case that shows how the TPA has lost sight of its role as a public agency, protector of the public interest, and steward of public land by so closely allying itself with the interests of Porter Airlines. The ...
Letters
On December 13, 2013, Geoff Wilson, port authority 2nd in command, in a cover letter1 to the long-hidden Island Airport Master Plan, wrote the City with a straight face about the port authority’s involvement in and support of the City’s airport review process. Not surprisingly, he seems to have forgotten his November 7 letter2 that ...
CAIR Press Release on De-icing Fluid and the TPA
 CommunityAIR - working towards a clean, green waterfront           “Tight Physical Constraints” at Island Airport            Means Proper De‑Icing Facility Impossible            Hazardous De‑Icing Fluid Dumped in City Sewer  For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 7, 2014                      Contact: Brian Iler, Chair             416-835-4384 (cell)                         416‑598‑0544 (work direct) A Porter Airplane shedding de‑icing fluid (yellow‑green on wings) into Toronto’s harbour as it takes ...