Half a century ago, some of the best farmland in Ontario was expropriated for an airport that was never built. The rest … [Read More...] about NEW video! The Accidental Oasis
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Federal Election 2021 – Where do your candidates stand?
In North Pickering, the federal government owns thousands of acres of prime farmland, expropriated in 1972 for an airport that was never built. Fifty years on, that important tract of farmland is still at risk of development even though our planet is rapidly heating and all farmland requires protection, to help feed us. The latest […]
Land Over Landings & Partners contribute to Durham Region’s MCR
Land Over Landings, along with a coalition of partner NGOs, has submitted detailed comments on the Proposed Policy Directions phase of the Durham Region Municipal Comprehensive Review, also known as Envision Durham. The proposed policy directions would embed the Region’s full support of an airport in North Pickering while failing to acknowledge the emissions implications […]
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A selection of our most important resources
- Response to the KPMG Study
We break it down for you
- Where’s My House? Runway Approaches of Proposed Pickering Airport
A zoom-in map
- THEN/NOW/NEXT: 21st-Century Reasons for Cancelling Pickering Airport
12 really good ones
- Airports and Pollution: Environmental Consequences of an Airport on the Pickering Federal Lands
Title says it
- North Pickering Farms
The better future, described and illustrated
- How You Can Help
Lots of easy ways