Don’t miss Ken Greenberg’s opinion piece in the Toronto Star, July 8, 2026; if the Federal government delays quashing the BBTCA jets proposal, the resulting uncertainty will hurt the multi-billion Toronto Waterfront revitalization project because key investments won’t happen.
Join us Wednesday, September 25 at 7 pm, for our 14th Speaker Series: Accessing the Island.
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April Engelberg. April is a lawyer living in Spadina-Fort York and a proud Torontonian. She came in second place for Toronto City Council in Ward 10 in both the 2018 and 2022 elections. April has been advocating to make the Toronto Islands free and easy to access by building a 250 metre pedestrian cycling bridge over the Eastern Channel.
John Lorinc. John is a Toronto journalist and editor. He writes about cities, climate and business for Spacing Magazine, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and Corporate Knights. John is also the author and co-editor of several books, including No Jews Live Here, a memoir which will be published by Coach House Books in November.
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Bob Rae talks with Steve Paikin on The Paikin Podcast about Billy Bishop Airport & other current issues. [Note: Bob Rae's remarks on Billy Bishop begin at the 24:10 min mark.] Click here to go to the video.
Recommending Sandford Borins' excellent blog post on the lessons for us today from the Pickering Airport debate and analysis in the 1970s:
In 1972, it was clearly understood that air traffic in Toronto was increasing, and it would be accommodated at either Pearson or Pickering. Both were seen as having a regional economic impact, in that Pearson would contribute to growth on the west side of Toronto, while establishing an airport at Pickering would shift some growth to the east of the city. Overall economic activity in the GTA would be the same whether Pearson was expanded or a new airport built at Pickering. This is different from the Toronto Port Authority and Ford Government refusing to acknowledge that, if Billy Bishop is not expanded, traffic will be accommodated at Pearson, and overall economic activity will be the same.