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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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Eight of Ontario’s largest regional governments — including Niagara — will have their leaders appointed by the province instead of elected. This reduces local accountability & moves decision-making further from the people it affects. This is not democracy. This is a power grab.

@MacLeodLisa Just a humble piece of advice Lisa Get help. Stay out of politics. K. Bye ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-mp…

@Michael7ucci Canada never left, still trading & always will Your failure is Trump! He left, saying Canada had nothing you need So Canada diversified, added resilience with many countries of which China was one USA's China trade ~400B, Canada China trade $124B Ok for USA, just not for Canada?

Dear Citizens of Canada, In the near future you will face the unfortunate and extreme economic consequences of your leader, Mark Carney, choosing Communist China over USA. Let no one claim that your friends in America failed to warn you. It is coming because of CCP Carney.

@Roman_Baber @MarkJCarney Roman please provide the source of this data. Given you past posts of stats, it's another Con...job. It's capitalism & corporate greed from your donors like The Weston Family gouging Canadians. Loblaws $3.2B in PROFIT in 2025, $2.8B in 2024! That's NOT total sales..on groceries!

50% of Canadians celebrating Easter will be able to afford dinner. 25% can't afford Easter Dinner. Another 25% will buy Easter Dinner using Credit Card debt. It's shameful & unacceptable! 🇨🇦 The Liberal Government & @MarkJCarney are directly responsible for this catastrophe.

Liberals built a national energy company so Cdns could benefit from Cdn resources. Conservatives sold it off. Petro-Can is now part of Suncor, a private company. The public stake is gone. And this is the pattern: Build it,sell it, lose control and says it’s the Libs fault.

@C_Mulroney Clearly @fordnation has failed to Protect Ontario. For 7yrs home building has declined. @fordnation only listens to DONORS, especially those who attended his daughters wedding. It's expected when you fail to listen to experts. @fordnation has wrecked Ontario for generations.

Our government is continuing to take action to speed up the construction of new homes and reduce red tape through the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act.   Learn more: news.ontario.ca/en/release/100…

Fun Fact: Pierre would have received a higher percentage of votes in 2021 under the new boundaries introduced in 2023. The new boundary actually added more rural conservatives. He lost because Carleton had enough of paying him to do nothing for 2 decades.

How the hell are we allowing this negligence ????????

@SenatorWallin FoodProfessor is compromised. Proven he lied about the Carbon Tax Proven to fix his math & data to fit a paid for narrative. He has direct ties to The Weston Family He pushes the exact same narrative when the CPC push anything food related CPC's Jenni Byrne lobbies for Loblaws!

A look at the inconvenient truths about the carbon tax and the price of food with the Food Professor, Sylvain Charlebois, on No Nonsense. youtube.com/watch?v=ju_195…

@RobertR29718111 @DanHall35818675 1. Because Doug owns the OPP 2. Yes huffpost.com/archive/ca/ent…

Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada take millions of dollars in donations from the grocery lobby and Canada’s Grocery Oligarchs to oppose feeding Canadians for less. Worth fucking remembering. God, I hate this disingenuous, gooey, lying fuck.

#PeelPolice are investigating 82 officers for cheating to get promotions. This would prove that corruption is widespread throughout the #PeelPoliceService. All this after Stacey Clark of the #TorontoPolice was caught helping officers cheat for promotions. thestar.com/news/gta/peel-…

LMAO.

@PaulCalandra You & @fordnation have failed education my any metric You cut $6.3B from education, test scores show the results What you have focused on is taking control of school boards for the land to sell to @fordnation donors That's NOT Protecting Ontario It's corruption to Protect Donors.

We’re refocusing the education system to support students, parents, and teachers.

So Ford taking over School Boards, trying to take over Toronto, is now trying to take over all regional government!!!! Tyranny much? No one voted for Ford as King

Fraud Ford is a Trumper. There should be a Law against anyone in Public office, aka a Premier, who should be kicked out if % Debt of a province is out of control Crazy Stupid Elections Dump the Liquor Board Larger Cabinet 33% Increases for Staff Luxury Spas Science Centre

This is an excellent thread and must read! 👇👇👇

Too many times in modern history, narrow-minded Conservatism has killed Canadian power & strength. From the Arrow fighter to selling off Crown corpos & their unwillingness to let Canada distance itself from America. HSR is another case, we MUST DEFEAT this mediocrity mindset.