Focus On The Lands, 2007-2008
Number of Articles: 6
Plane stupid
Publication Date: March 13, 2008
Tags: Aviation/Airports
No wonder Pickering airport plan has new wings – transit review was done by airport authority. nowtoronto.com
Tenant turfed from airport site
Publication Date: January 29, 2008
Tags: Historical
“How can a landlord neglect a property and then use that as an excuse to evict the tenant?” asks the latest tenant to be evicted by Transport Canada. thestar.com
A fox minding the henhouse
Publication Date: January 26, 2008
Tags: Aviation/Airports
The key to figuring out why the Greater Toronto Airports Authority would rather build a new airport in Pickering, northeast of Toronto, than help Hamilton International airport to grow, is seeing the authority for what it is. thespec.com
Revived Pickering airport plan: threat to Hamilton?
Publication Date: January 25, 2008
Tags: Aviation/Airports
Plans for an airport at Pickering have resurfaced, raising worries it will be a threat to Hamilton’s economy.thespec.com
Documents expose Transport Canada’s mismanagement
Publication Date: June 19, 2007
Tags: Historical
(news release) New evidence of Transport Canada’s mismanagement of the Pickering Lands has surfaced in heavily censored documents obtained by MP Mark Holland under the Access to Information Act – documents requested in August last year, and which the department initially claimed did not exist.Office of Mark Holland, MP
Conservatives stack deck for Pickering airport
Publication Date: May 10, 2007
Tags: Aviation/Airports
(news release) The Conservative government has awarded a contract to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to assess the need for an airport in Pickering, says Ajax-Pickering MP Mark Holland. “This is a government that has taken conflict of interest to new extremes.”Office of Mark Holland, MP