Carney, Ford, Chow: Housing & Airport Drama

0:00Prime Minister Mark Carney, teams up with Ontario, premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow for a joint news conference Monday morning in at Toby Koch at 11 a.m. Eastern time. They'll give remarks and field questions right after Ford's office dropped the details. This comes hot on the heels of Ontario's 2026 budget last week packing a projected $13.8 billion deficit. They also plan to scrap the harmonized sales tax for one year on new home buys to spark construction. But the province only expects 64,800 housing starts this year way short of their 1.5 million homes by 20, 31 target. Tensions have been high between Ford and Chow this month over his push to grab city land at Billy Bishop Airport. Ford wants to turn it into a special economic zone, eyeing expansion to let jets land there and boost the economy. Ford claims the federal governments on board. With Transport Minister Steven McKinnon saying he'll team up to map out next steps, meanwhile,

1:01Chow and Toronto City Council voted last week to straight up oppose the takeover. Expect some straight talk on housing crunch and airport drama as these leaders hash it out live. Could signal big shifts coming for Toronto's skyline? And skies. I'm Cory with the story and you've been listening to Toronto News today, AI-powered