“I hope that opposition to this affront against common sense eventually will be nationwide, the largest single protest movement in Canadian history. It should be. It can be.” ~ Scott Young, Canadian journalist, 1972 It was. Find more in our 50th-anniversary edition of UPDATE Newsletter. For the printable PDF copy, click here.
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Media advisory: Over 50 NGOs and leaders call for Pickering Airport to be grounded for good
Over 50 groups and leaders join the call for Pickering Airport to be grounded for good by signing an open letter to the Prime Minister. Visit ExpandTheRouge.org to see a complete list of signatories.
MEDIA ADVISORY – 50 Years of Citizen Action
MEDIA ADVISORY 50 Years of Citizen Action It’s been called the longest continuous protest movement in Canada’s history. The fight to stop the Pickering Airport marks half a century on March 2, 2022. And it’s not over. It began with simultaneous federal and provincial announcements of a new airport and new city. Then came […]
New Video! 50 WAYS TO SAY ‘NO PICKERING AIRPORT’!
We asked you to send videos as we head into #50YearsofCitizenAction — and boy, did you! Presenting ‘Fifty Ways to say No Pickering Airport’… The montage, at times angry or adorable, funny or profound, begins with Doc Godfrey, Chair of People or Planes, now in his 105th year. “It was political baloney then, and it’s […]
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
It felt like the longest yet the shortest year ever. Who could have imagined that we’d still be living Covid-restricted lives at the end of it? Yet here we are. And behind us? A busy year of doing things differently. We continued Yours to Protect work with other Ontario groups, raising public awareness of the growing number […]
TIME MARCHES ON — AND SO DO WE!
Just three months till we hit #50YearsofCitizenAction! Join us as we gather momentum, celebrate our collective remarkable achievements, and emphasize the urgency of the task that still lies ahead. In our congratulatory letters to members of the new federal Cabinet, including Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault, a renowned environmental activist and founder of Equiterre (all about facilitating […]
Video! The Accidental Oasis
Half a century ago, some of the best farmland in Ontario was expropriated for an airport that was never built. The rest is history, told in this ten-minute video. From the days of People or Planes to the Federal Lands of today and beyond, “The Accidental Oasis” touches on the history, politics, science, economics, and […]
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 […]
LAND OVER LANDINGS EARNS CONSERVATION AWARD
Land Over Landings’ advocacy has been recognized with a conservation award from Ontario Nature! The Steve Hounsell Greenway Award celebrates the role we played in protecting the 20-km natural heritage corridor that stretches from Lake Ontario to the Oak Ridges Moraine. More than half of the Federal Lands became part of Rouge National Urban Park, and only […]