But a Canadian leader just proposed a new solution that he promises to implement if ever elected. MP Pierre Poilievre, who is considered the front-runner in the campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, issued a press release Thursday about his future plans to “remove Toronto’s guards” and let the planes fly they fly through the much smaller city island. airport, Billy Bishop, if he ever becomes prime minister. An effort to allow not only turboprop aircraft but also jets at the airport, as Torontonians know it, was scrapped a few years ago as residents fought against it based on potential noise, emissions and more (the idea was even opposed by Air Canada). . Remove the gatekeepers. Approve the expansion of Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. Give travelers more options than the zoo and mayhem at Pearson. Fill in here if you agree: pic.twitter.com/yIHSMR8eBk — Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) July 21, 2022 “Travel to Pearson is a mess right now. There could be more flights from Billy Bishop Airport to downtown Toronto, which means more competition and more choice, but the terrible gatekeepers wouldn’t let that happen,” he wrote today Poilievre. wants to overturn Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision on the issue and expand the tiny center. He also noted that Billy Bishop was the ninth-busiest airport in the nation by passenger traffic in 2019, with 2.8 million customers, and that “with jets, Billy Bishop could expand to over 4.8 million passengers per year… [and] take the pressure off the over-stressed Pearson Airport’. While the idea makes little sense, people were quick to point out several obvious issues with the logistics — such as the physical limitations of the island’s space, the Tripartite Agreement governing aircraft operations from the airport, and the general opposition of almost everyone.
It sounds like he IS the only gatekeeper that will be allowed to hold gates. — Mike Ross (@RossyOnTheMic) July 21, 2022 Some also wonder why the government couldn’t just take the money it would take to expand and bring aircraft to the airport and use it to improve Pearson or invest in infrastructure like high-speed rail. As one person wrote, “You can’t staff Pearson, but you think expanding another airport downtown will turn out just fine? Thank God for gatekeepers who think long term and not just short term!”
This is silly, if you can add staff to BB Airport to handle more traffic, why not add it to Pearson? — David Loehr (@winstonloehr) July 21, 2022 Clearly, the proposal is not one that goes well even as a long shot that is not likely to come to fruition at this point.
