I know at least one Canadian who has cooled off substantially

✊🏻 NO JETS T.O.! Federal New Democrats stand with the @OntarioNDP and the people of Toronto against Doug Ford’s destructive Billy Bishop scheme. The Prime Minister has the power to shut this down once and for all. Protect Toronto’s waterfront, reject Ford’s Wall Street giveaway!

RT @PeterHotez: I see Ross Douthat trending, I’ll never forget when he and NYT went out of their way to legitimize RFK Jr as a serious pers…

We wrote about the "spa" over three years ago - in April 2023. We know a lot more now than we did back then. Now, for example, we know the chair of Therme is also prez of Palantir Canada. 😵‍💫 But even back then, the parking plans gave it away - it's not a bloody spa.

Doug Ford is pushing an expansion of Billy Bishop airport against Torontonians wishes while Liberal MPs remain silent. Instead of answering why, the Minister mocked me for asking! (I am the NDP critic for Transport & the Minister knows this). @NoJetsTO @OntarioNDP

A single NDP MP from Edmonton is a louder voice for Toronto residents than 23 mute Liberal MPs Carney destroying our waterfront would be a historic mistake for this city and the Liberal Party

Request launched with federal Lobbying Commissioner for investigation into undisclosed lobbying by JP Morgan bank to get Carney’s approval for massively expanded Toronto island airport environmentaldefence.ca/2026…

$200 million on a parking garage on Toronto’s waterfront will not age well. Just like funnelling cars into the core has not aged well. By the early 2030s, Exhibition Place will have one of the best transit connections in the country, with subway service to downtown, the east end, links into the entire GO rail network, and the waterfront streetcar network. It’s designed to be a major hub. Scotiabank Arena is a regional destination on GO Transit, and revellers arrive by walking, cycling and taking transit. They get to the Rogers Centre the same way. The only reason this works is because our streets on game days are a sea of people, rather than a sea of cars. That’s not an accident. It’s the result of good urban planning. So why are we spending a small fortune to create a traffic mess at Exhibition Place, when the overwhelming majority of people will still arrive by transit? When we invest in transit, people take transit. When we invest in parking, we get more traffic.

I am a signatory to this letter. Open, fully informed and unbiased public hearings are required, supported by due diligence and meaningful analysis. The public cannot be expected to provide informed feedback when neither the proposal nor its impacts have been properly presented. Forgive us for being suspicious, but all we have so far is a process the Province deliberately rushed into place to cut Torontonians out, and a federal consultation process built around a survey that reflects neither the complexity of the issue nor the information needed to properly evaluate it.

Great work from torealitycheck.ca/ on the proposed Jet Expansion at Billy Bishop. #NoJetsTO #BBTCA #BillyBishop #TOpoli #cdnpoli #onpoli

I haven't had time to read the 122 pages yet, but I may have to frame the last page ☺️ 👏👏👏

We welcome Dr. David Keegan as Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Preventive Health Services.

IMPORTANT ARTICLE. Ford’s waterfront jet plans will make Toronto gridlock far worse. Many jet supporters ignore this. Federal consultation is not based on response to a detailed plan and is biased. Use it to send a simple NO message. The battle continues. thestar.com/opinion/star-col…

Tensions ran high & frustrations were palpable at a TDSB parent budget meeting Tuesday night, where parents pressed for answers on hundreds of staff cuts and program reductions planned for this fall. But the Ford government-appointed TDSB Supervisor didn’t answer questions during the meeting & declined an interview with me afterward. Watch:

This is how broken the democratic process in Canada is. A mega bank based in America hired an army of ex-Liberals, Conservatives and NDPers and bolted the issue of Billy Bishop expansion to the top of the priority list for Ford and Carney. No one voted for it. No one wanted it. No one campaigned on it. Torontonians are massively against it. We are under economic warfare. Ontario govt wiped out OSAP for students. Yet govts think it wise to spend their resources on an issue no one wanted except one mega US bank. This is the key danger of privatization. These foreign equity banks are massive, comparable to govts and have ability to bribe and buy out govts. JP Morgan just did it.

I have never had strong feelings one way or the other about expanding Billy Bishop. I have personally used the island airport more than I’ve used the island beaches in my 15 years in the city. But I think the current debate is being framed in a totally deceptive way.

@Transport_gc should be embarrassed about the survey regarding Billy Bishop Airport. The questions are badly designed, and it's far from an asset focused on consultation. It was clearly rushed out the door amid growing opposition. Fuel for Carney to say "no"? Hopefully.

I wrote about the Liberals’ Island Airport survey and the broader idea that the feds don’t know enough yet to have a real opinion on expansion. thestar.com/opinion/star-col…

We have a municipal election scheduled for October. If the feds are serious about listening to Torontonians they should pledge, today, that they will not move forward with any plan for Billy Bishop that hasn’t been endorsed by the new mayor and council. thestar.com/opinion/star-col…

Doug Ford cut Toronto out of the island airport debate. There’s no reason Mark Carney’s Liberals have to go along thestar.com/opinion/star-col…