Toronto mayor wants island land returned after Ottawa blocks airport expansion
Ausma Malik filed an urgent motion to city council, demanding land in and around the island back. That law gave the province the ability to take over the entirety of the Toronto Islands, though the province said it would only take what’s necessary despite the language in the legislation.The province also booted the city from a long-standing tripartite agreement that governs Billy Bishop airport. Ontario took over the city’s spot in that agreement, joining the federal government and the Toronto Port Authority, an arm’s-length federal agency.
- ▪Ausma Malik filed an urgent motion to city council, demanding land in and around the island back.
- ▪That law gave the province the ability to take over the entirety of the Toronto Islands, though the province said it would only take what’s necessary despite the language in the legislation.The province also booted the city from a long-stan
- ▪Ontario took over the city’s spot in that agreement, joining the federal government and the Toronto Port Authority, an arm’s-length federal agency.
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Open this photo in gallery:Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Toronto on June 4.Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountToronto Mayor Olivia Chow wants the city’s islands’ land back.The mayor said Monday the Ontario government should return lands it recently expropriated through new legislation, which was part of a push from Premier Doug Ford to expand the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to allow jets to land and take off from it.Her demands came after federal Transportation Minister Steven MacKinnon rejected Ford’s island airport expansion plan last week after receiving feedback through a public consultation.“Return our waterfront to us,” Chow said Monday on social media.The mayor said…
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