After decades of protests against a long\u002Dstanding proposal to build an airport in Pickering, Ont., opponents of the project are optimistic it will soon be…
Since then, Ottawa has leased portions of the Pickering Lands to several residential, commercial and farm tenants. Nearly 10,000 acres were given to Parks Canada for the creation of the Rouge National Urban Park.
Just a few days earlier, Transport Canada announced a request for proposals to hire an aviation services contractor for a new study on airport supply and demand in southern Ontario, in response to significant growth expected in the region over the next two decades. For Mary Delaney, chair of the conservation group Land Over Landings, the wording of that news release was significant.
“I don’t think anybody can disagree that an airport would be an economic driver in regards to job creation and economic opportunities,” he said in an interview prior to that vote.Article content
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