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@stewak2 @DechampsAlan @NoJetsTO @TorontoStar I travel all the time and live in downtown Toronto- I almost never use Billy bishop. Its status quo is perfectly fine.

@DechampsAlan @NoJetsTO @TorontoStar And Torontonians who travel

“The only clear beneficiaries [of jets at Billy Bishop Airport] would be the American investors who now own the island airport’s terminal facilities and gates.” #onpoli #topoli @NoJetsTO thestar.com/politics/polit… via @torontostar

@PouliotDave @davidclement It’s not about French language survival it’s about petty bullshit. I remember a French Canadian women who teaches at Dalhousie sitting next to me in the exit row on the way back from Mexico City who spoke excellent English/ Spanish insist on getting the instructions in French. 🤷‍♂️

@davidclement Quebec must be seen as having a long history of being childish to you then. As it turns out, it’s the sum of these “ridicule” fights that made French survive in an ocean of English. Faite en ce que vous en voulez. Je termine en transmettant mes sympathies aux proches.

I'm sorry but if your reaction to the death of 2 Air Canada pilots is "The CEO didn't speak French in his address" you have some warped priorities

@pooter97413870 @christoaivalis @TheChaosWeeber @RealAlbanianPat You are putting words into my mouth, I was simply pointing out what health Canada does vs the provinces who are responsible for delivering healthcare. But cool cool.

@grumpyscorates @christoaivalis @TheChaosWeeber @RealAlbanianPat and you're not advocating to put that money back into our crumbling healthcare system in other areas? or using that money to save us from ecological collapse? or doing literally anything meaningful about the housing crisis? no, that's too radical. 150 BILLION DOLLARS TO MILITARY

I seriously cannot comprehend the mind of people who thinks that NDP and Green are right-wing

@christoaivalis @TheChaosWeeber @pooter97413870 @RealAlbanianPat Health Canada is a federal agency for public health ie pandemic management etc - it doesn’t run local hospitals/ systems. It scaled up massively for the pandemic to coordinate response. It has no role in day to day delivery of healthcare.

@TheChaosWeeber @pooter97413870 @RealAlbanianPat 3 billion spending drop for Health Canada. Stop with the Maple DOGE propaganda hilltimes.com/2026/03/23/hea…

@cselley I live in the high park area - I can be at Pearson in 20 minutes. And since I mostly go non US international the Billy bishop is essentially useless to me.

I'd be interested to know how impassible downtown traffic has affected YTZ. It has definitely diminished the time savings for me vs. YYZ.

@NickyFrank30 @ML3democrats @PoliticsFan2005 It’s easier to remove the British monarch. It’s the dumbest flaw in the American constitution.

@ML3democrats @PoliticsFan2005 There’s no mechanism to remove him that doesn’t require a huge number of members of his own party to agree

As a European, I don’t understand how Trump and his failed administration remain in charge. I clearly don’t understand.

@kinsellawarren That’s why this is bad for nearly everyone maybe even including Israel.

If I hear "boots on the ground" one more time, I'm going to scream. No military strategist am I, but I think if the Iranian regime is going to fall, boots and bombs alone ain't gonna do it. The Iranian people have to do it, and they're all understandably sheltering inside (see bombs, supra). That said, any diminution of Iran's military capacity helps Israel. That's a win for the Jewish state. Doesn't feel like Trump has a win he can market at the mid-terms, however. Boots or no boots.

@andy91125 @g_malkani @NoJetsTO Move freight nearly all to Hamilton, it’s also wild to me bombardier manufactures at Pearson - like Boeing doesn’t build at JFK.

@g_malkani @NoJetsTO It doesn’t. And nor should we want to for reasons you suggest - massive expansion means a whole host of problems for land side, and the destruction of what makes the waterfront great. If we want a real secondary airport in the area, look to Hamilton.

Agree. Expansion proposal in 2013 was around 4.5-5M max. Even if TPA wanted 3X ie 7.5-9M, don’t have enough parking, taxi staging area, transit, enough hangars at gate for peak passengers etc. don’t see how YTZ expansion solves Pearson’s future capacity constraints. @nojetsto

@mattgurney @JoshDehaas I actually don’t know why more people just don’t go to Buffalo to do this. It isn’t really even THAT expensive.

A few years ago, a friend was told eight months for an MRI for a non-emergency that was causing them a lot of pain/quality of life issues. Out of curiosity, I googled MRI clinics in Buffalo and called the first hit. Asked when they could take an appointment. Same day.

@kinsellawarren No one asked for this, least of all his base. They literally campaigned against foreign wars.

Eliminating the threat posed by a despotic regime that funds terror and hate groups, destabilizes democracies, and develops nuclear weapons to use against the West should have been popular. Future historians will analyze how Trump actually made all that unpopular.

@BorisBartlog @academic_la the shortfall is actually less than 20 million because Saudi and UAE can redirect some via pipelines away from the strait. it's more likes half that amount. BUT that's 6 weeks - 6 weeks goes by quick.

@academic_la 400mb is only 4-5 days of global consumption, but it covers 3 weeks of the 20mbpd shortfall. At this point I would worry less about the oil market than the crunch in some other products - natural gas, fertilizers and so on.

Senior oil executives Darren Woods (CEO of Exxon Mobil), Mike Wirth (CEO of Chevron), and Ryan Lance (CEO of ConocoPhillips) warned Trump officials: 1) The energy disruption from the Strait of Hormuz closure is likely to get worse, not stabilize 2) Prices could rise beyond the already elevated ~$99/barrel if speculators unexpectedly bid them up 3) Markets could face a shortage of refined products, not just crude oil 4) The administration's available options (releasing reserves, easing sanctions) can do little to stem the crisis. In other words, there is no immediate fix. 5) The executives reportedly described the global release of 400 million barrels of emergency reserves as a "small bandage on a large wound". It covers only about four days of global consumption. 6) Prolonged high prices could weigh on the global economy and destroy fuel demand; one executive warned "$120 oil will cause economic destruction." 7) If the Strait remains closed for more than a few weeks, Brent crude could realistically surge to $150 or even $200 per barrel in 2026. If oil prices reach the $150–$200 range and remain there for more than a few weeks, the global economy would likely enter a severe recession, because energy costs begin to consume a dangerous portion of global GDP

@allenanalysis @CanterburyPro @grok what is the partisan lean of US passport holders and the age demos?

This exchange just happened on the Senate floor. Cornyn: “I don’t understand how the SAVE Act disenfranchises voters.” Durbin: “Happy to explain. Driver’s licenses don’t qualify under the bill. 50% of Americans don’t have passports.” Cornyn: “Why not just amend it?” Durbin: “When’s the last time the Senate actually amended a bill?” Silence. The SAVE Act requires passport-level documentation to register to vote. 50% of Americans don’t have a passport. The people least likely to have passports: the elderly, the poor, rural Americans, young first-time voters. The people most likely to have passports: wealthy Americans. This is not voter protection. This is voter selection. And when a senator suggested fixing it — his own colleague couldn’t name the last time the Senate amended anything. That’s the Senate in 2026.

@acoyne He’s from the 1970s

Hmmm. Loosening monetary policy in response to an oil price supply shock. Has that ever been tried before? What was the result?

@snortnutmeg @ElectionDigest @NoJetsTO Keep in mind the province has zero say here. This is all in the federal government’s hands with a minor role for the city proper. The federal liberals owe their power to Toronto.

@ElectionDigest @grumpyscorates @NoJetsTO And they’ll probably agree to massive fines if the contract is ever broken that make it virtually impossible for future governments to back out, like they did with the Threme Spa.

Welp, so much for the portlands development. Who wants to live under the path of jets? And that new convention centre is going to need some serious sound proofing. The Ontario line should probably be rerouted too.

@PlannerSean @PoliticsFan2005 The province has absolutely no say at what happens at the airport - none. The end.

If ever there was a time for developers in the Portlands who are going to lose building height and have shittier to live in buildings because of Island Airport jets to call the politicians they’ve paid good money for, now would be a good time.

@GreenBeltTory @BagelPolling I think that was a mentality then. the markets were in hangover of the dot com crash and 9-11. It wasn’t seen as a sure bet.

@BagelPolling It was a very good proposal and it’s a shame that Democrats and even a fair amount of Republicans opposed it.

Dude you can’t be an American and criticize the UK’s pensions for being dogshit when Social Security is literally going to run out of money in 7 years

@CoopTory @PoliticsFan2005 I mean they do pay corporate tax, the oil producing provinces derive royalties. The royalties escalate with price increases. I’d also say that excess corporate profits are returned as dividends to investors of which all the major pension plans have positions in.

Agreed. Canada needs to capture windfall revenues from our natural resources. The oil companies did nothing to produce the increased profits resulting from the war. They are capturing a rent. Why should Canadian consumers and our economy unduly suffer when we own the resource?

@prairiecentrist @deBeauxOs1 Everyone hates socialism unless they are benefiting from socialism

Someone I know calls Canada a communist country, and then rails about how we don’t regulate gas prices.

@grok @Flash_inthe_Dan @Acyn @grok How much incremental oil would that potentially add per day

Based on US shale data, a realistic timetable for the private sector response Burgum described: Rig activity (more drilling) ramps in 1-3 months on sustained higher prices. New wells add output in 3-9 months from decision (drill/complete in 1-3 months, peak flow quick after). Existing ops tweak faster (weeks). Full market impact: 4-12 months, plus expectations can ease prices sooner. Not instant, but shale is the fastest global responder.

Doocy: Is it possible just to drill, baby, drill, the prices lower? Burgum: Well, absolutely. And when you see prices start moving up like this, American private sector is very response. There’s going to be more active drilling in response.