"More than anything else, the federal consultation should have made it clear that what we are looking at is a stark and likely permanent choice about what, and who, Toronto’s waterfront is for." www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Doug Ford cut Toronto out of the island airport debate. There’s no reason Mark Carney’s Liberals have to play along www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
The plans include thousands of new homes, retail, office, and park space — though not as much as the original City of Toronto dream.
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10 million air passengers downtown is a change the city should get a say in.
"Lydia’s law ... would have required the province to provide statistics on how sexual assault cases are progressing through the court system." www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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"The fund 'receives a return on its equity investments in the form of capital appreciation, but we also measure our return based on the public benefits associated with the project.'" www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
This is a wild story, and everyone in Toronto should read it. A major American bank is behind the push to expand Billy Bishop airport. It has nothing to do with what people in the city want. This should be a HUGE election issue
Amber Shortt
Crucial work here from @rwarnica.bsky.social: "IIG was founded by JP Morgan in 2006, is staffed entirely by JP Morgan employees and run out of JP Morgan offices, primarily in New York, as something akin to an in-house private equity fund." www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
A New Democrat MPP says she's not giving up a push to help sexual assault survivors.
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So JP Morgan is behind the Billy Bishop expansion push, but the people it hired to lobby all levels of government didn’t disclose it in the lobbyist registries. From @rwarnica.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
The province is funding the investment for the Scarborough project through the Build Ontario Fund, a Crown agency whose mandate is to invest in infrastructure that makes a profit.
Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport?
Toronto Star opinion writer @rwarnica.bsky.social dug into lobbying records and found one company that stands to gain "significantly" if the federal and provincial governments go forward with an airport expansion plan.
