CommunityAIR - working towards a clean, green waterfront PortsToronto Buries Bad News Passenger Use of Island Airport in Decline, but Numbers Omitted For Immediate Release Monday, June 6, 2016 Brian Iler Chair, CommunityAIR 7th Floor, 150 John Street Toronto M5V 3E3 Work: (416)598-0544 (direct) Cell: (416)835-4384 Fax: (416)598-3484 http://www.communityair.org/ Ports Toronto (the trade name for the Toronto Port Authority) failed, for the first time, to report the number ...
CommunityAIR’s Letter to Marc Garneau
CommunityAIR - working towards a clean, green waterfront Sent by Email to February 8, 2016 Hon. Marc Garneau Minister of Transport Ottawa, Ontario Dear Minister: We were surprised by a media report yesterday that you are encouraging the United States government to provide US Customs pre-clearance at Toronto’s Island Airport (sometimes referred to as BBTCA). While Porter Airlines may wish you ...
No Jets
PortsToronto CEO Geoffrey Wilson sent the following message a short while ago to the waterfront stakeholder group that is part of PortsToronto's Environmental Assessment on the island airpoort expansion. December 8, 2015 Dear Stakeholder Advisory Committee Members: I am writing to you today to confirm our position and approach with regard to the studies and activities currently underway ...
A Worthless EA?
If the overwhelming number of articles of, from and by airport expansionists is anything to go by, their main strategy seems to be to let the studies, including the Environmental Assessment, take their course and let city council decide. Given the level of faith in the studies, it’s almost as if they will show that longer ...
Talk to the Hand
In the unlikely event anyone did not catch Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s reiteration of the Liberal Party pre-election and mid-election pledge to leave the Tripartite Agreement as is, he left no doubt this time. In an example of very clear communication, he said that nothing is going to change his mind. It appears that airport expansion ...
Here We Go Again
Adding to the growing list of pro-island airport expansion articles is yet another. While it is like the others in demanding that Ottawa allow the city to decide on the value of the studies currently underway, the Star’s November 25, 2015 article, What happened to the Liberal commitment to our cities?, takes a slightly different ...