Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces expansion of Billy Bishop Airport – March 23, 2026

Описание: Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a news conference in Toronto to announce that his government is supporting the modernization of expansion of the Billy Bishop airport. The provincial government plan to introduce legislation to take over the airport’s land from the City of Toronto and declare it a “Special Economic Zone.”

Ford is joined Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria as well as Toronto Port Authority President and CEO RJ Steenstra.

The premier comments on the collision earlier in the day at New York's LaGuardia airport involving an Air Canada passenger jet and a fire truck, which resulted in the death of the pilot and first officer.