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Ontario Plans Special Economic Zone to Expand Billy Bishop Airport

Ontario will bypass municipal and provincial rules using Bill 5 to extend Billy Bishop Airport runway for jets, enabling faster approvals and economic benefits, officials said.

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is declaring Toronto's island airport the province's first special economic zone as it takes over land owned by the city.
  • Ford says he's taking control from the city because of the 'so-called lefties on city council' who do not want to modernize the airport.
  • Ford's government passed Bill 5 last year, which allows the province to suspend provincial and municipal laws for a given project.
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Ontario's Prime Minister Doug Ford wants jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. He calls the opponents of the project "leftists."

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Global News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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