After Ottawa paused Doug Ford’s jet-expansion plan, readers flooded a Star Reddit AMA with questions about who’s really behind the project, whether it can still go ahead and what happens next. Here’s what they asked — and what they were told.
Last week, the federal government said it wouldn’t pursue an expansion of Billy Bishop Airport “at this stage,” after a public consultation found the vast majority of nearly 87,000 respondents opposed to any changes.
But Queen’s Park said the project isn’t dead, while city council just voted to demand the province repeal the law letting it seize waterfront land for the plan anyway.
Billy Bishop airport expansion may once again be dead, but city council says their fight isn't over
Blasting Ottawa for listening to "a small fringe group in Toronto," Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria insists the project…
Many Toronto MPs are treading carefully around Premier Doug Ford's controversial plan to expand Billy Bishop airport to allow…
Business groups call Ottawa decision to halt expansion for jets a missed opportunity that could leave the downtown airport on…
The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last week that the federal government would hold consultations before making any decisions…
