By Gazette Staff
March 12th, 2026
BURLINGTON, ON
Ford wants to take control of the airport and allow jet planes to land.
Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) says Doug Ford’s plan to seize Billy Bishop Airport from the City of Toronto could undermine decades of work on Toronto’s waterfront.
“Doug Ford has a record of colossal failures,” said Glover. “The Eglinton Crosstown LRT opened seven years late and $8 billion over budget.
He closed the Science Centre instead of repairing the roof, and destroyed the West Island to give a $2.2 billion taxpayer subsidy for a private spa at Ontario Place.
Ontarians have no reason to believe this won’t be more of the same.
This is a high-maintenance transit line.
“Meanwhile, Ontario’s health care system is crumbling, and Ford’s OSAP cuts are handing an entire generation of students a lifetime debt sentence to get an education. Why aren’t these things his highest priority?
Students make their message clEAR.
“Ontario needs properly-funded schools and hospitals. If the Premier wants to make our province an economic powerhouse, he should start by reversing his OSAP cuts, and investing in our economic future.”
The New Democrats forgot to mention the 401 tunnel – and just where is that RCMP report on the GreenBelt scandal?
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That Doug Ford guy.
Always wanting to build new stuff. Like New Ontario Place. New opportunities in mining and nuclear. And building new roads, subways, highways and airports so people and goods can travel through the congestion.
It’s almost like he believes in Ontario and the people who live, work and play here.
Maybe he’s thinking about that old theory where if a person has a decent income, they can afford a home – put down roots – raise a family… it might even improve overall mental health and we have a better province?
Doug Ford has a grocery list of colossal boondoggles – launch and failure of the blue licence plates; ending the contract with the Beer Stores months before it was going to expire; outsourcing to Staples Service Ontario functions; expansion of cabinet; the $200 ‘rebate’ cheques just before the election; millions of dollars in government advertising; bike lane debacles; social services and autism care walk back; use of the notwithstanding clause; long term care, healthcare and education underfunding while spending millions of dollars in advertising and self promotion.
Instead of focusing on vanity projects and shiny things, maybe he and his government who enable the dysfunction should focus on what is truly needed in this province. A ‘state of the art’ convention centre is not one of them.