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@TomTSEC It’s definitely unequivocally an Airbus C295 - not a Dash 8.

Canadians can be proud about one thing. Canadian aircraft played a critical role in the rescue of the F15 aircrew in Iran. The recent U.S. combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) operation in Iran following the downing of an F-15E Strike Eagle, three AFSOC Dash-8 (Canadian made) aircraft were used for the final and most critical extraction phase.

@pbontoast1 It should have been a priority to buy updated buffaloes instead of rushing to Airbus to save a buck which may have been pyrrhic victory given the problems and delays with the C295.

Just saying

@SenAdamSchiff Let’s just hope the Trumps don’t go into the nuclear weapons business.

The President starts a war with Iran. Now, his family looks to profit from it. The corruption is enough to make you sick.

@ruthbenghiat @davidpugliese Many forest are shared with Canada so I guess the American sides will burn to the ground.

Wrecking America in a holistic way so it will take generations to recover

@NeilPasricha @MarkJCarney All those outdoor enthusiasts will continue to do their things with jets. The runway extension is exaggerated and so is jet noise. I don’t see much said an argument here.

Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney), I was on the Toronto Ferry last year staring at our majestic waterfront. I saw paddlers, kayakers, dragon boaters, sailors, windsurfers, fishers, paddleboarders, water taxis, and cruisers all sharing the space in harmony. When we docked at Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands I was surrounded by hikers, joggers, cyclists, birders, picnickers, swimmers, photographers, beachgoers, frisbee golfers, naturalists, and thousands of tourists and locals enjoying this lush ecological paradise surrounded by our sparkling freshwater lake. Please don’t destroy this by paving Lake Ontario. Three weeks ago Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation) announced he will "seize" Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) in order to expand runways into Lake Ontario (1), bring in jets against the legal contracts governing the airport (2), and nix 14,000 mixed-use homes slated to go up on the shore (which taxpayers have already spent $1.4B developing). (3,4) Although this decision is not his to make — Billy Bishop is governed by the City of Toronto and the federal government (5) — Premier Ford says he will overrule the City to "bring in jets one way or another." (6,7) Premier Ford says he has the "full support" of your federal government to do this. (8) Prime Minister Carney: It is not too late. Please say no to expanding Billy Bishop airport into the lake. We don’t need this, we don’t want this, and we can’t afford this. We don’t need this. We can already go anywhere we want to go. I live right in downtown Toronto. I can be anywhere I want in the world, tomorrow. I can walk to bus, subway, streetcar, and UP express stations from my house and I fly 40x per year. In the past year I have been to over 35 airports on 3 continents and YYZ is one of the absolute best. In fact, in the past month it has won "Best Airport Staff in North America" (9), been ranked 4th in all of the Americas in efficiency (out of 50 airports) (10), and won Best Large Airport on the entire continent (an award it's won eight times in nine years.) (11) Right this second, checking Uber, I can get from my house by car to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in 21 mins and to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Island Airport (YTZ) in 14 mins. Right this second, if someone at Union Station wanted to get to YYZ on public transit it would take 28 minutes (UP Express) and to YTZ would take 22 minutes (TTC streetcar). We are talking about a 6 minute time savings here. If we want to serve southwestern Ontario’s population with expanded jet service we simply need to use the 7000m of existing, high-capacity, under-utilized jet runways within 2 hours of Toronto at Hamilton (@flyYHM ), Waterloo (@flyYKF), and London (@flyYXU) versus entertaining a "special economic zone" to force a jet-strip into the most environmentally sensitive and densely populated waterfront in the country. We don’t want this. This tiny speck of ecological paradise provides critical respite from our dense and urban concrete jungle and is vital for mental health, community, and happiness. Over 400 peer-reviewed studies show urban forests and parks mitigate depression and anxiety and enhance overall mental well-being. (12) I know you agree because four days ago on March 31, 2026 you announced your "Force of Nature" strategy with the vision of "protecting, restoring, and valuing nature." This wonderful program declares a federal investment of $3.8 billion dollars into "protecting critical habitats and aligning industrial strategies with biodiversity conservation." (13, 14, 15) Also, I looked into the runway expansion into the lake that Premier Ford has promised. Right now the shortest jet runway in Canada is 1832m (YHM Hamilton, ON) and the shortest jet runway in the world is 1508m (LCY London City Airport, UK). There are also new Canadian Aviation Regulations (RESA) stating all runways need to add 150m on each end for safety. (16, 17, 18) Today the Billy Bishop runway is 1216m. (19) Even the most conservative assumption — building the shortest jet runway in the entire world! — still requires a minimum of 600m more runway to land jets. Here is a current aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport. (Photo 1 / attached) Here is an aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport with the smallest possible runway extension of 600m added. (Photo 2 / attached) (Of course this photo doesn’t include additional parking, hangers, gates, aprons, tarmacs, fueling stations, de-icing stations, blast fences, control towers, baggage carousels, taxi pickups … ) We can’t afford this. Premier Ford was first elected in 2018 as the right wing candidate (PC) with 40.5% of the vote (left wing side of NDP and Liberal was 53.2%) and campaigned as a fiscal conservative. (FN) He attacked the Liberals for their $6.7B deficit and vowed a "return to balanced budgets" that would "begin in 2019." (20, 21) Since then Premier Ford has won two more elections — with a nearly identical right / left vote split and record lows in voter turnout — and has now presided over 8 budgets. (22, 23) In order from 2019 to 2026 those eight budgets have been for *deficits* of $8.7B, $16.4B, $13.5B, $5.9B, $5.6, $1.1B, $12.3B, and, most recently, just announced last week on March 26, 2026, coming in at a 77% increase on his own 2025 forecasts, $13.8B. (24, 25) Since Premier Ford was elected he has *increased* Ontario’s debt from $338B to $485B. Ontario now pays $17.2B a year … just in interest payments. (26, 27, 28) Notably, Premier Ford’s most recent $13.8B deficit budget does not include any money for the projected $1-2B cost of expanding Billy Bishop airport. (Prime Minister, you and Premier Ford are both 61 and have a seemingly warm relationship despite wildly different education and business paths. (29, 30, 31, 32) Might you have time for some evening finance tutorials?) Prime Minister Carney: We don’t need this, we don’t want this, we can’t afford this. Please say no to this expansion plan. Please allow the legal agreements governing the airport to remain in the hands of those who legally own it — the City of Toronto and the federal government — and not with Premier Ford’s provincial government who is attempting to autocratically rule something in which it has no stake. At the Junos six days ago on March 29, 2026 you praised 82-year-old @jonimitchell and justifiably called her "one of the greatest artists of all time." (33) Joni warned us about "paving paradise to put up a parking lot" and now that’s exactly what Premier Ford is proposing we do. The Toronto Harbour, Toronto Harbourfront, and Toronto Islands are a crown jewel for the functioning of our great city, our great province, and our great country. Would New York City pave over Central Park? Would Paris put runways on the Seine? We absolutely should not pave the paradise of Lake Ontario to put up runways and parking lots we don’t need, don’t want, and can’t afford. It's not too late. Please say no. 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@globalnews Now we have to see his name on the flight status boards. ? No escaping him.

Legislation to change the airport’s three-letter code from PBI to DJT, denoting Trump’s initials, was introduced last week. globalnews.ca/news/11753024/…

@acoyne Rather than benches shouldn’t they be pews facing the other direction?

This cannot be real.

Seems familiar

@realMaalouf Talk about the tail wagging the dog.

“One of the main problems in the countryside is dogs. Muslims don’t like dogs.” Liberal commentator complains the British countryside is racist and Muslims avoid going there because too many people walk their dogs, which are haram in Islam. These people are really insane.

@FurkanGozukara Drunk with power so cavalierly bestowed by the American people.

The sheer arrogance of the American empire exposed. Trump openly mocks the future King of Saudi Arabia on stage, boasting that Arab leaders must kiss his "ass" and obey his orders. This is exactly why the world is turning against Washington.

@mitchgarber Since when is Quebec bilingual?

100% vrais. Le Canada ne prétend pas être bilingue. Il y’a deux langues officielles mais le pays ne sera jamais bilingue.

@JonahDispatch @acoyne Give it a month and a good reason will be found to put his face on the dollar bill.

If you think Trump’s signature on our currency is to “honor” America and not Trump, you’re a moron or have Pro-Trump Derangement Syndrome.

@JJ_McCullough To me living in Quebec bilingualism is dead. It’s only relevant in ROC.

The story of the Air Canada CEO isn’t that the Liberals are hypocritical about official bilingualism, or that so-and-so Liberal isn’t bilingual enough. It’s that official bilingualism has become a bizarre religion among Canada’s elite, preventing sane, merit-based hiring.

@kpac_15 But by law only French is officially recognized in Quebec.

Under 18% of Canadians are bilingual. Every federal public worker is required to be bilingual, and they want CEO’s of major corporations to be bilingual. All I’m saying is, this is pretty much DEI in a nutshell. 😂

@amanpour Ukraine is now dying by a thousand cuts. Oil windfall for Russia, Orban cutting gas supply, US pressure to give up Donbas and now this.

Are you SERIOUS, Pentagon?

@Murray_Brewster @RosieBarton We’ve increased spending to the requisite level yet have added next to nothing to the sharp end as yet. Still a toothless military. I’ll be more impressed when we get new frigates, fighters, drones and tanks.

Canada clears NATO's 2% bar — after years of lagging and a last-minute lift #cdnpoli #NATO cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@EdConwaySky It never happened.

So... it's over?

@RpsAgainstTrump He doesn’t understand what the TSA does…

Do it and kiss the World Cup goodbye.

@maxseddon @acoyne @EdwardGLuce Nice alliance you have there.. be a shame if anything should happen to it.

Trump has sent a blunt message to European nations to join his war effort in Iran and help open up the Strait of Hormuz. “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of Nato,” he tells @EdwardGLuce. ft.com/content/1ca6d1…

@s8mb Is that the only reason it was a mistake?

Even in this limited conflict, started in circumstances of their choosing, the US now wants help from other countries. Seems like it was a mistake to spend the past year insulting and threatening America's allies.