Blasting Ottawa for listening to "a small fringe group in Toronto," Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria insists the project "makes sense."

Business groups call Ottawa decision to halt expansion for jets a missed opportunity that could leave the downtown airport on 'borrowed time.'

TORONTO - Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria vows to forge ahead on expanding Toronto's island airport despite the federal government's rejection of the plan.

Blasting Ottawa for listening to "a small fringe group in Toronto," Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria insists the project "makes sense."

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…