Saturday morning of a long weekend. Out early to get some exercise before roads get busy. Mostly bike lanes & trails, but crossing 427 on Bloor still trash. 15.25km loop. One of my final waypoints is Oregon Trail. No I didn’t die of dysentery #CycleTO #IYKYK #VictoriaDayWeekend

We're giving out another 200 FREE delivery bags to gig workers who attend a safe cycling session on May 20 or 21! Spread the word, help encourage safe riding & dialogue. Education over enforcement: thebikinglawyer.ca/post/the-… Partners: @thebikebrigade, CycleTO & Mr. Flood

Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney), I was on the Toronto Ferry last year staring at our majestic waterfront. I saw paddlers, kayakers, dragon boaters, sailors, windsurfers, fishers, paddleboarders, water taxis, and cruisers all sharing the space in harmony. When we docked at Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands I was surrounded by hikers, joggers, cyclists, birders, picnickers, swimmers, photographers, beachgoers, frisbee golfers, naturalists, and thousands of tourists and locals enjoying this lush ecological paradise surrounded by our sparkling freshwater lake. Please don’t destroy this by paving Lake Ontario. Three weeks ago Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation) announced he will "seize" Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) in order to expand runways into Lake Ontario (1), bring in jets against the legal contracts governing the airport (2), and nix 14,000 mixed-use homes slated to go up on the shore (which taxpayers have already spent $1.4B developing). (3,4) Although this decision is not his to make — Billy Bishop is governed by the City of Toronto and the federal government (5) — Premier Ford says he will overrule the City to "bring in jets one way or another." (6,7) Premier Ford says he has the "full support" of your federal government to do this. (8) Prime Minister Carney: It is not too late. Please say no to expanding Billy Bishop airport into the lake. We don’t need this, we don’t want this, and we can’t afford this. We don’t need this. We can already go anywhere we want to go. I live right in downtown Toronto. I can be anywhere I want in the world, tomorrow. I can walk to bus, subway, streetcar, and UP express stations from my house and I fly 40x per year. In the past year I have been to over 35 airports on 3 continents and YYZ is one of the absolute best. In fact, in the past month it has won "Best Airport Staff in North America" (9), been ranked 4th in all of the Americas in efficiency (out of 50 airports) (10), and won Best Large Airport on the entire continent (an award it's won eight times in nine years.) (11) Right this second, checking Uber, I can get from my house by car to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in 21 mins and to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Island Airport (YTZ) in 14 mins. Right this second, if someone at Union Station wanted to get to YYZ on public transit it would take 28 minutes (UP Express) and to YTZ would take 22 minutes (TTC streetcar). We are talking about a 6 minute time savings here. If we want to serve southwestern Ontario’s population with expanded jet service we simply need to use the 7000m of existing, high-capacity, under-utilized jet runways within 2 hours of Toronto at Hamilton (@flyYHM ), Waterloo (@flyYKF), and London (@flyYXU) versus entertaining a "special economic zone" to force a jet-strip into the most environmentally sensitive and densely populated waterfront in the country. We don’t want this. This tiny speck of ecological paradise provides critical respite from our dense and urban concrete jungle and is vital for mental health, community, and happiness. Over 400 peer-reviewed studies show urban forests and parks mitigate depression and anxiety and enhance overall mental well-being. (12) I know you agree because four days ago on March 31, 2026 you announced your "Force of Nature" strategy with the vision of "protecting, restoring, and valuing nature." This wonderful program declares a federal investment of $3.8 billion dollars into "protecting critical habitats and aligning industrial strategies with biodiversity conservation." (13, 14, 15) Also, I looked into the runway expansion into the lake that Premier Ford has promised. Right now the shortest jet runway in Canada is 1832m (YHM Hamilton, ON) and the shortest jet runway in the world is 1508m (LCY London City Airport, UK). There are also new Canadian Aviation Regulations (RESA) stating all runways need to add 150m on each end for safety. (16, 17, 18) Today the Billy Bishop runway is 1216m. (19) Even the most conservative assumption — building the shortest jet runway in the entire world! — still requires a minimum of 600m more runway to land jets. Here is a current aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport. (Photo 1 / attached) Here is an aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport with the smallest possible runway extension of 600m added. (Photo 2 / attached) (Of course this photo doesn’t include additional parking, hangers, gates, aprons, tarmacs, fueling stations, de-icing stations, blast fences, control towers, baggage carousels, taxi pickups … ) We can’t afford this. Premier Ford was first elected in 2018 as the right wing candidate (PC) with 40.5% of the vote (left wing side of NDP and Liberal was 53.2%) and campaigned as a fiscal conservative. (FN) He attacked the Liberals for their $6.7B deficit and vowed a "return to balanced budgets" that would "begin in 2019." (20, 21) Since then Premier Ford has won two more elections — with a nearly identical right / left vote split and record lows in voter turnout — and has now presided over 8 budgets. (22, 23) In order from 2019 to 2026 those eight budgets have been for *deficits* of $8.7B, $16.4B, $13.5B, $5.9B, $5.6, $1.1B, $12.3B, and, most recently, just announced last week on March 26, 2026, coming in at a 77% increase on his own 2025 forecasts, $13.8B. (24, 25) Since Premier Ford was elected he has *increased* Ontario’s debt from $338B to $485B. Ontario now pays $17.2B a year … just in interest payments. (26, 27, 28) Notably, Premier Ford’s most recent $13.8B deficit budget does not include any money for the projected $1-2B cost of expanding Billy Bishop airport. (Prime Minister, you and Premier Ford are both 61 and have a seemingly warm relationship despite wildly different education and business paths. (29, 30, 31, 32) Might you have time for some evening finance tutorials?) Prime Minister Carney: We don’t need this, we don’t want this, we can’t afford this. Please say no to this expansion plan. Please allow the legal agreements governing the airport to remain in the hands of those who legally own it — the City of Toronto and the federal government — and not with Premier Ford’s provincial government who is attempting to autocratically rule something in which it has no stake. At the Junos six days ago on March 29, 2026 you praised 82-year-old @jonimitchell and justifiably called her "one of the greatest artists of all time." (33) Joni warned us about "paving paradise to put up a parking lot" and now that’s exactly what Premier Ford is proposing we do. The Toronto Harbour, Toronto Harbourfront, and Toronto Islands are a crown jewel for the functioning of our great city, our great province, and our great country. Would New York City pave over Central Park? Would Paris put runways on the Seine? We absolutely should not pave the paradise of Lake Ontario to put up runways and parking lots we don’t need, don’t want, and can’t afford. It's not too late. Please say no. Thank you, Neil Pasricha // (1) theglobeandmail.com/gift/084… theglobeandmail.com/politics… (2) portstoronto.com/wp-content/… (3) environmentaldefence.ca/2026… (4) thestar.com/news/gta/tens-of… (5) billybishopairport.com/wp-co… (6) theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… (7) cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/f… theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/f… (8) theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… (9) torontopearson.com/en/corpor… (10) britishaviationgroup.co.uk/k… (11) nowtoronto.com/news/pearson-… (12) nature.com/articles/s44284-0… (13) pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas… (14) canada.ca/en/services/enviro… (15) audubon.org/news/audubon-app… (16) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C… (17) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London… tsb.gc.ca/eng/surveillance-w… (18) toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024… (19) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_… (20) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_O… (21) occ.ca/rapidpolicy/ontario-p… (22) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_O… (23) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_O… (24) globalnews.ca/news/11746458/… (25) budget.ontario.ca/2026/brief… (26) ofina.on.ca/borrowing_debt/d… (27) budget.ontario.ca/2026/chapt… (28) ontario.ca/page/public-accou… (29) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_C… (30) proquest.com/docview/3014644… (31) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_F… (32) theglobeandmail.com/news/tor… (33) youtube.com/watch?v=6pbVWyjl… // CC: Minister of Transport @SteveMcKinnon, Minister of Environment @JulieDabrusin, Mayor of Toronto @OliviaChow, MP @RunChiNguyenRun, MP @J_Maloney, MP @JulieDzerowicz, MP @Coteau, MP @Rob_Oliphant, MP @Vgasparro, MP @Yvan_Baker, MP @Jzerucelli, Ontario Minister of Transportation @PrabSarkaria, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure @KingaSurmaMPP, @PortsToronto, MPP @MaritStiles, MPP @JessicaBellTO, MPP @ChrisGlover, Councillor @BravoDavenport, Councillor @DianneSaxxe, Candidate @Massey_Toronto, @Nieuport, @JenniferQuinnTO, @Envirodefense, @BirdsCanada, @NoJetsTo, @CycleTO, @TheGlobeAndMail, @TorontoStar, @CBCToronto, @TheCurrentCBC, @BlogTO

EXCITING NEWS! On Apr 13, 14 & 15 we're giving away 500 FREE delivery bags to app-based delivery riders who attend our Safe Cycling Session (rules of the road, what to do in a crash and how to deal with police ticketing). Collab w @thebikebrigade CycleTO & Rovelo Creative.

We should first start with confiscating cars that never stop at walk and stop signs, those that speed, run past open streetcar doors, obstruct crosswalks, and have tinted windows. They kill and injure hundreds in Toronto each year. @Walk_TO @cycleto

Did you read the article? The court sided with CycleTo because the provincial government had no evidence other than "I don't like them". Also, shouldn't you be upset about the overreach of the province in municipal matters?

UPDATED: The Ford government will appeal against the bike lane court decision. Earlier today, CycleTO won its fight to keep bike lanes in Toronto, with a court ruling removing them is a Charter "breach." The ruling will now be challenged. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/11311369/…

Big win for Toronto cycling activists. Bravo! #BikeTO #CycleTO #TOpoli

This article has been updated: @cycleto Poll shows strong public support for protected bike lanes threatened by Ontario government. buff.ly/il1XIbA

Toronto City Councillor @BradMBradford, currently running an unofficial B-list mayoral campaign while ignoring his duties as Councillor, wants you to know he hates transit and cycling. #TOpoli #CycleTO @TheBikingLawyer

I’m grateful you are OK Dave - let’s put our heads together to build a safer city! #VisionZero #BikeTO #CycleTO

Thanks to Michael Longfield @CycleToronto for sharing our joint letter with CycleTO and Migrante in support of more storage, charging battery swap facilities near TTC stations. He praises more micromobility integration, and urges for a involvement of organizations in discussion

Doug Ford removing the Avenue Road bike lanes definitely means his donor buddies got upset that it takes them 15 seconds longer to get to Hazleton Lanes and Sotto Sotto. #BikeTO #CycleTO #TOpoli #VisionZero

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At the kid-friendly rally at Queen's Park demanding we keep our bike lanes. Kids are coming up to the microphone telling the crowd why they want the bike lanes to stay. For them, it's about getting to high school, independence, freedom, and safety. #cycleto

More than 100 cyclists protest bike lane removal in Toronto, 2 arrested cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/… via @CanadianCycling #toronto #cycleTO #TOpoli #ONpoli

Yesterday, I went to Superior Court to watch lawyers for CycleTO and Ecojustice make the case to temporarily prohibit the Ontario government from removing the Bloor, University, and Yonge St bike lanes until the full legal charter challenge runs its course. This is what I found most interesting about yesterday. As reported in the Star, the province's lawyers released new documents for the judge to consider for admissability. These documents include a government-commissioned engineering report by CIMA that concluded that removing the bike lanes will increase the risk of cyclists being injured or killed, and will not reduce congestion. In other words, the Conservatives knew full well that removing the bike lanes was a terrible idea for cyclists and drivers alike, yet they moved ahead with giving themselves the power to rip them out anyway. Here's my full breakdown ion what happened yesterday - jessicabellmpp.ca/legal_chal…

The only sweet moment of tonight was seeing Christine Hogarth lose her seat. #onpoli #TOpoli #cycleTO Chef's kiss. 🤌

The Mississauga Bloor Street bike lanes go straight though the Cooksville riding. Expect Ford & Kouvalis to force Crombie take a position on the bike lanes. #ONpoli #BikeTO #CycleTO

More cyclists than cars in the middle of the winter on Bloor. I guess we should eliminate car lanes. #cycleto #topoli