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Update Newsletter #83 – July 12, 2026
Newsletters (UPDATE)
Six months of important updates in one digest.
Update Newsletter #82 – December 14, 2025
Newsletters (UPDATE)
Wrapping up a busy 2025! Updates on consultations, MP meetings, local projects, and MORE...
Q&A with Transport Canada + Parks Canada
Factsheets
Questions and answers transcribed from the December 4, 2025 virtual session hosted by Transport Canada regarding the upcoming consultations on the future of the Pickering Lands. Representatives from Parks Canada also fielded questions during the session.
Letter from Senator Robert Black to Prime Minister Carney, Minister MacKinnon & Ron Hallman (CEO Parks Canada)
Letters
"Dear Prime Minister Carney, Minister MacKinnon and Mr. Hallman - In follow up to my question to the Government Representative in the Senate, on November 4, 2025, please find attached a letter from Alexis Whalen, Chair of Land Over Landings, dated November 24, 2025, regarding the future of the Pickering Federal Lands. Our country continues to destroy prime agricultural lands without considering the rarity of these soils or the positive impact farmlands have on our communities, our environment, and our economy. It is imperative that we protect the critical ground under our feet..."
Letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney
Letters
"Dear Prime Minister - We are writing to seek your direct intervention during the consultation period on the expansion of Rouge National Urban Park. Your urgent engagement is necessary to ensure that all the Pickering Federal Lands are made part of the Park, and that agriculture and agrifood goals are prioritized..."
Pathmaster Newsletter Volume 33 (Pickering Township Historical Society)
Speeches
53 YEARS OF CITIZEN ACTION AGAINST AN AIRPORT IN PICKERING
by Norah Stoner, Mary Delaney, and Alexis Whalen
With additional commentary and editing by Mary Delaney
Update Newsletter #81 – May 25, 2025
Newsletters (UPDATE)
Details of our upcoming AGM on June 18; Spirit Bear comes home; a presentation to Pickering Township Historical Society 53 years in the making; and more!
Submission to Community Elements & Infrastructure – Public Consultation
Submissions
Land Over Landings' submission to the Community Elements & Infrastructure Public Consultation as part of the City of Pickering's Official Plan Review 'Pickering Forward'.
Submission to Ag & Rural Areas Public Consultation
Submissions
The Land Over Landings' submission to the Agricultural and Rural Areas public consultation as part of the City of Pickering's Official Plan Review 'Pickering Forward'. Our document contains comments on the discussion paper and specific answers to the Let's Talk Pickering survey questions.
ADD ALL THE PICKERING FEDERAL LANDS TO RNUP
Fliers
NEW! Two-page flyer with Land Over Landing's goals for the expansion of Rouge National Urban Park with all of the Pickering Federal Lands.
Update Newsletter #80 – March 17, 2025
Newsletters (UPDATE)
A special extended edition of our UPDATE newsletter. In this 80th edition we, recap the official announcement cancelling the airport on Monday, January 27, 2025; revisit the final 12 days of ‘The Last Stand’ before the airport was stopped back in 1975; recognize the wonderful guests at our recent March 1 ‘Grounded for Good’ celebration in Claremont; and, reiterate the next steps in the 53-year-long journey to secure the Pickering Lands for agriculture!
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA CONFIRMS: NO AIRPORT IN NORTH PICKERING
Media Releases
Media release issued after the Government of Canada announcement stating that all plans for a potential airport have ended and Transport Canada will begin consultations on the transfer of the Pickering Lands to Parks Canada.
Update Newsletter #79 – January 19, 2025
Newsletters (UPDATE)
Update Newsletter #78 – October 7, 2024
Newsletters (UPDATE)
Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau re: permanent protection of the Pickering Lands
Letters
"Prime Minister Trudeau, we ask you to seize this opportunity to create a lasting legacy that exemplifies this Government’s progressive vision. Bring the federal Pickering Lands into an expanded Rouge National Urban Park to protect its natural heritage, support healthy soils and sustainable food production, and increase equity and diversity within Canada’s food system. The NFU and NFU-O are willing to offer support and guidance to achieve this green legacy project."