Toronto's Billy Bishop airport expansion: why private investors, not governments, should decide
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The Editorial Board
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This opinion piece argues that Toronto's Billy Bishop airport (island airport) should be allowed to expand and accommodate jets, contrary to opposition from community groups. The author contends that private investors — not governments — should determine whether the economics of expansion work, and that waterfront residents who knowingly bought homes near an airport established in 1939 cannot reasonably demand it remain frozen in time. The article draws comparisons to other major global cities that successfully operate multiple airports in dense urban areas.
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It's not reasonable for them to demand the airport be frozen in time.
The key question is if the economics of the expansion work. This is a question that private investors – not governments – should answer.
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