Why no jets will fly out of an expanded Billy Bishop airport (gift article)
#topoli #BillyBishop
tl;dr "A multibillion-dollar expansion with no anchor airline and no business case is not a transportation strategy; it is an airport in search of a tenant."
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#topoli #BillyBishop
tl;dr "A multibillion-dollar expansion with no anchor airline and no business case is not a transportation strategy; it is an airport in search of a tenant."
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
www.thestar.com
August 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Why no jets will fly out of an expanded Billy Bishop airport (gift article)
#topoli #BillyBishop
tl;dr "A multibillion-dollar expansion with no anchor airline and no business case is not a transportation strategy; it is an airport in search of a tenant."
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
#topoli #BillyBishop
tl;dr "A multibillion-dollar expansion with no anchor airline and no business case is not a transportation strategy; it is an airport in search of a tenant."
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
A local resident-formed group is raising concerns after #Ontario Premier #DougFord purchased a private jet right after revisiting conversations about a #BillyBishop airport expansion.
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‘It’s not a coincidence,’ Advocate raises concerns after Ford bought $28M private jet following Billy Bishop expansion plans - NOW Toronto
A local group is raising concerns after Doug Ford purchased a private jet after revisiting Billy Bishop airport expansion plans.
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April 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A local resident-formed group is raising concerns after #Ontario Premier #DougFord purchased a private jet right after revisiting conversations about a #BillyBishop airport expansion.
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Toronto City Councillor Josh Matlow is calling out Premier Doug Ford, saying he can no longer act like “a bully,” as the province moves to take over city-owned land at Billy Bishop Airport. #Ontpoli #DougFord #BillyBishop
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City councillor Josh Matlow accuses Ford of bullying amid Billy Bishop expansion plan - NOW Toronto
Toronto councillor Josh Matlow calls out Doug Ford over plans to seize city land at Billy Bishop Airport for expansion.
nowtoronto.com
March 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Toronto City Councillor Josh Matlow is calling out Premier Doug Ford, saying he can no longer act like “a bully,” as the province moves to take over city-owned land at Billy Bishop Airport. #Ontpoli #DougFord #BillyBishop
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A local group leader is pushing back after #Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on plan to expand the #BillyBishop airport to accommodate more jets. #Toronto
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March 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
A local group leader is pushing back after #Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on plan to expand the #BillyBishop airport to accommodate more jets. #Toronto
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#Ontario Premier Doug Ford is insisting on expanding the #BillyBishop airport, and says the plan will move forward despite disapproval from local residents, but one local group is calling for the premier to rethink the project. #Toronto
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Ford calls Toronto Islands residents ‘squatters’ as he pushes Billy Bishop expansion, but a local group is pushing back - NOW Toronto
Premier Doug Ford is insisting on expanding the Billy Bishop airport, and says the plan will move forward despite disapproval from locals.
nowtoronto.com
March 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
#Ontario Premier Doug Ford is insisting on expanding the #BillyBishop airport, and says the plan will move forward despite disapproval from local residents, but one local group is calling for the premier to rethink the project. #Toronto
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Some Toronto people have been wondering what a jet airport serving 8 to 10 million passengers would look like. Yes, that's Premier Ford's vision for #BillyBishop. Well wonder no more ⬇️ #NoJetsTO @environmentaldefence.ca
July 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Some Toronto people have been wondering what a jet airport serving 8 to 10 million passengers would look like. Yes, that's Premier Ford's vision for #BillyBishop. Well wonder no more ⬇️ #NoJetsTO @environmentaldefence.ca
If you missed our June 24 #Waterfront4All Speaker Series: The Cost of Certainty caused by the 'proposal for #jets' at #BillyBishop we have posted the recording to YouTube ⬇️ [ @environmentaldefence.ca #NoJetsTO]:
2026-06-24 Speaker Series 24 - The Costs of Uncertainty
YouTube video by Ron Jenkins
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July 8, 2026 at 1:43 AM
If you missed our June 24 #Waterfront4All Speaker Series: The Cost of Certainty caused by the 'proposal for #jets' at #BillyBishop we have posted the recording to YouTube ⬇️ [ @environmentaldefence.ca #NoJetsTO]:
1972: "Overall economic activity in the GTA would be the same whether Pearson was expanded or a new airport built at Pickering." 2026: "if #BillyBishop is not expanded, traffic will be accommodated at #Pearson & overall economic activity will be the same." @environmentaldefence.ca #NoJetsTO
We Were Much Smarter 50 Years Ago – Sandford Borins
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July 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
1972: "Overall economic activity in the GTA would be the same whether Pearson was expanded or a new airport built at Pickering." 2026: "if #BillyBishop is not expanded, traffic will be accommodated at #Pearson & overall economic activity will be the same." @environmentaldefence.ca #NoJetsTO
Join us online, Wednesday, June 24 at 7 pm, as we dig into the Costs of Uncertainty posed by proposal for Jets at Billy Bishop. Free - RSVP here: www.waterfrontforall.ca/cost_of_unce...
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June 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Join us online, Wednesday, June 24 at 7 pm, as we dig into the Costs of Uncertainty posed by proposal for Jets at Billy Bishop. Free - RSVP here: www.waterfrontforall.ca/cost_of_unce...
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[ #NoJetsTO #BillyBishop #YTZ #Toronto ##onpoli]
On This Day In #CanadianHistory 🇨🇦
JUNE 02, 1917
Billy Bishop's Dawn Attack
Flying ace William Avery ("Billy") Bishop reported single-handedly raiding a German airfield at dawn and shooting down three enemy planes. He would earn a Victoria Cross for his actions
#BillyBishop #WWI #VictoriaCross
JUNE 02, 1917
Billy Bishop's Dawn Attack
Flying ace William Avery ("Billy") Bishop reported single-handedly raiding a German airfield at dawn and shooting down three enemy planes. He would earn a Victoria Cross for his actions
#BillyBishop #WWI #VictoriaCross
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On This Day In #CanadianHistory 🇨🇦
JUNE 02, 1917
Billy Bishop's Dawn Attack
Flying ace William Avery ("Billy") Bishop reported single-handedly raiding a German airfield at dawn and shooting down three enemy planes. He would earn a Victoria Cross for his actions
#BillyBishop #WWI #VictoriaCross
JUNE 02, 1917
Billy Bishop's Dawn Attack
Flying ace William Avery ("Billy") Bishop reported single-handedly raiding a German airfield at dawn and shooting down three enemy planes. He would earn a Victoria Cross for his actions
#BillyBishop #WWI #VictoriaCross
Carney's support for the Billy Bishop expansion project is softening due to public outcry.
Help keep the pressure up!
This expansion will only benefit US-owned JP Morgan Asset Management, while causing irreparable harm.
Sign the petition: www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop
#NoJetsTO #WaterfrontTO
Help keep the pressure up!
This expansion will only benefit US-owned JP Morgan Asset Management, while causing irreparable harm.
Sign the petition: www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop
#NoJetsTO #WaterfrontTO
STOP JETS AT BILLY BISHOP AIRPORT
www.chrisglover.ca
June 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Carney's support for the Billy Bishop expansion project is softening due to public outcry.
Help keep the pressure up!
This expansion will only benefit US-owned JP Morgan Asset Management, while causing irreparable harm.
Sign the petition: www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop
#NoJetsTO #WaterfrontTO
Help keep the pressure up!
This expansion will only benefit US-owned JP Morgan Asset Management, while causing irreparable harm.
Sign the petition: www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop
#NoJetsTO #WaterfrontTO
What is it about right wing governments and seizing control of airports? #BillyBishop
If you still don’t see that the GOP = the Government Overreach Party were not sure what to tell you at this point.
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April 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
What is it about right wing governments and seizing control of airports? #BillyBishop
The #BillyBishop #airport decision by the feds was made possible by #publicengagement. People need to speak truth to power.
MP Julie Dzerowicz, who represents the federal riding of Davenport, said the decision shows the government is listening to the people of Toronto — where the Liberals have an important upcoming byelection.
Liberals back away from Ford's Billy Bishop expansion as Toronto by-election looms
MP Julie Dzerowicz, who represents the federal riding of Davenport and is the chair of the Toronto Liberal caucus, said the decision shows the Liberals are listening to the people of Toronto.
www.nationalobserver.com
July 28, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The #BillyBishop #airport decision by the feds was made possible by #publicengagement. People need to speak truth to power.
Follow the money….
www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop?...
www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop?...
Stop Ford's Takeover of Billy Bishop
www.chrisglover.ca
May 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Follow the money….
www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop?...
www.chrisglover.ca/billybishop?...
The proposed expansion of the Toronto Island airport endangers 15 of Toronto’s vital environmentally significant areas!
For more information and what you can do to help protect Toronto’s natural heritage:
torontofieldnaturalists.org/speak-up-for...
#torontoisland #toronto #billybishop
For more information and what you can do to help protect Toronto’s natural heritage:
torontofieldnaturalists.org/speak-up-for...
#torontoisland #toronto #billybishop
Speak Up for Toronto Island: How to Stop the Airport Jet Expansion
The Federal Government holds the ultimate authority to prevent the expansion of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to accommodate commercial jets. Right now, we have a critical window to make our voice...
torontofieldnaturalists.org
July 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The proposed expansion of the Toronto Island airport endangers 15 of Toronto’s vital environmentally significant areas!
For more information and what you can do to help protect Toronto’s natural heritage:
torontofieldnaturalists.org/speak-up-for...
#torontoisland #toronto #billybishop
For more information and what you can do to help protect Toronto’s natural heritage:
torontofieldnaturalists.org/speak-up-for...
#torontoisland #toronto #billybishop
Toronto from the Island airport ferry #toronto #billybishop
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Toronto from the Island airport ferry #toronto #billybishop
www.instagram.com/p/DXUbq8-jnM... @mark-carney.bsky.social please note this plea to stop the #billybishop expansion. #Onpoli #Cndpoli #dougford
Neil Pasricha on Instagram: "Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney)
I wrote you a letter about Ontario Premier Doug Ford's (@fordnationdougford) proposed expansion of Billy Bishop Airport in...
352 likes, 29 comments - neilpasricha on April 19, 2026: "Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney)
I wrote you a letter about Ontario Premier Doug Ford's (@fordnationdougford) proposed expansi...
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April 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
www.instagram.com/p/DXUbq8-jnM... @mark-carney.bsky.social please note this plea to stop the #billybishop expansion. #Onpoli #Cndpoli #dougford
"Contingent Valuation Method" is an accepted economic method for valuing benefits & costs of various public development scenarios. It uses survey methods to assess willingness-to-pay for each scenario
This should be done for #BillyBishop jetport expansion imo. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Economics!
This should be done for #BillyBishop jetport expansion imo. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Economics!
BILLY BISHOP AIRPORT
If expanded, its paths will fly over some 300,000 people
✈️Destroying tranquility
✈️Toxifying the air
✈️Ruining views
Is THIS how Toronto "manages" its waterfront???
For shame, @fordnation ...for SHAME.
Signed
@dfisman.bsky.social @thestar.com
If expanded, its paths will fly over some 300,000 people
✈️Destroying tranquility
✈️Toxifying the air
✈️Ruining views
Is THIS how Toronto "manages" its waterfront???
For shame, @fordnation ...for SHAME.
Signed
@dfisman.bsky.social @thestar.com
July 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"Contingent Valuation Method" is an accepted economic method for valuing benefits & costs of various public development scenarios. It uses survey methods to assess willingness-to-pay for each scenario
This should be done for #BillyBishop jetport expansion imo. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Economics!
This should be done for #BillyBishop jetport expansion imo. @mark-carney.bsky.social #Economics!
Please write to your MP, they can stop this. Toronto doesn't want this airport expansion and our local government has been cut out of any discussion.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #billybishop #toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #billybishop #toronto
Mayor says city not being told about Billy Bishop plans, port authority asked her to sign NDA | CBC News
Mayor Olivia Chow says Toronto is being left in the dark on plans to expand Billy Bishop Airport, while the Toronto Port Authority shares some details with other levels of government.
www.cbc.ca
June 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Please write to your MP, they can stop this. Toronto doesn't want this airport expansion and our local government has been cut out of any discussion.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #billybishop #toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #billybishop #toronto
So was the proposed BillyBishop expansion because Ford knew he was buying a fucking jet??
April 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
So was the proposed BillyBishop expansion because Ford knew he was buying a fucking jet??
nice to see Doug Ford’s wings get clipped. #Toronto #BillyBishop
BREAKING: Billy Bishop Airport expansion plans halted by federal government
Billy Bishop Airport expansion plans halted by federal government
Plans to extend Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport have been halted by the federal government, according to Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon.
www.cp24.com
July 25, 2026 at 1:08 AM
nice to see Doug Ford’s wings get clipped. #Toronto #BillyBishop
Yeah ! Yippie ! Finished my comments on the future of Billy Bishop hair port. (submitted via email after doing the spell cheque). (and before midnight to boot ! )
It can be found here: http://www.vaxination.ca/trains/BillyBishop-Consultation1-24Jul-JFMezei.pdf
It can be found here: http://www.vaxination.ca/trains/BillyBishop-Consultation1-24Jul-JFMezei.pdf
July 25, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Yeah ! Yippie ! Finished my comments on the future of Billy Bishop hair port. (submitted via email after doing the spell cheque). (and before midnight to boot ! )
It can be found here: http://www.vaxination.ca/trains/BillyBishop-Consultation1-24Jul-JFMezei.pdf
It can be found here: http://www.vaxination.ca/trains/BillyBishop-Consultation1-24Jul-JFMezei.pdf
Reminder for the protest to save the Toronto waterfront. We meet Sunday, July 26th at Harbour Square Park and the rally starts at 10:30 am.
NoJetsTO.com
#OAC #ONpoli #DougFordIsCorrupt #NoJetsTO #Toronto
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#OAC #ONpoli #DougFordIsCorrupt #NoJetsTO #Toronto
July 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM