Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says that, if elected Prime Minister, his government would approve a runway expansion at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Island airport, which would allow jets to fly in and out of the downtown.
Poilievre said allowing jets at YTZ would increase competition in the aviation sector and provide passengers with an alternative to Toronto Pearson Airport, which has had a chaotic summer filled with crowds and cancellations.
“Travel at Pearson is a mess right now,” he said. “There could have been way more flights out of Billy Bishop airport in downtown Toronto, meaning more competition and more choice, but the dreadful gatekeepers wouldn’t let it happen.
“I will reverse Trudeau’s decision to side with them and allow jets to fly in and out of Billy Bishop airport to give people back control of their lives.”
A coalition of downtown Toronto residents has fought against the idea of jets at the island airport for years and years.
Both Porter Airlines and Air Canada fly out of Toronto Island/Billy Bishop Airport, which is mere steps from several large condo buildings.
