Pierre Poilievre wants runway at Toronto Island airport extended
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Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says he wants to see the runway at the Toronto Island airport expanded so that jets can fly in and out of downtown Toronto.
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says he wants to see the runway at the Toronto Island airport expanded so that jets can fly in and out of downtown Toronto.
In a statement released on Thursday, his campaign said if elected leader of the Conservatives and then to form a federal government, Poilievre would “direct his transport minister to remove the gatekeepers and open the skies to competition.”
The statement said they would approval a future proposal for Billy Bishop airport to expand its runway, though a spokesperson for the airport said they are not currently looking to expand.
“Travel at Pearson is a mess right now,” Poilievre said.
“There could have been way more flights out of Billy Bishop airport in downtown Toronto, meaning more competition and more choice, but the dreadful gatekeepers wouldn’t let it happen. I will reverse Trudeau’s decision to side with them and allow jets to fly in and out of Billy Bishop airport to give people back control of their lives.”
The statement said, “Toronto island residents and waterfront condo owners opposed expansion” but the airport wanted to expand.
In 2015, the federal government nixed a plan to expand the airport.
Any expansion would have to be self-financed so that taxpayers don’t foot the bill, the Poilievre team statement added.
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