Ford Government's Billy Bishop Land Grab: Toronto's Response

0:00It's April 23rd. This is Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Ontario's four government just tabled a bill to seize control of Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport, grabbing land from the waterfront, including about. One-third of Little Norway Park. The Building Billy Bishop Airport Act will let the province step in and replace the city in the deal that runs the spot. This comes after they already labelled it a special economic zone last month, which to spend some local, provincial, and environmental rules to speed. Things up. They rushed through another law last year to make these zones possible, decided by the premier and cabinet, Mayor Olivia Chao is firing back hard, calling the land grab unacceptable and pushing a city council motion against it. She's demanding the province buy out affected residents and issue an apology. Details on the expansion are still fuzzy. No word on runway length for jets or exactly how they'll use the parkland and no firm timeline, though they say work starts right away.

1:02Ford insists they'll handle environmental concerns properly and claims federal support, but the fight between province and city is just heating up as the bill heads to debate.