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Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? Toronto Star opinion writer @rwarnica.bsky.social dug into lobbying records and found one company that stands to gain "significantly" if the federal and provincial governments go forward with an airport expansion plan.
Richard Warnica: Who’s behind the massive lobbying campaign to expand the island airport? What I discovered should worry us all
One key player? A large American bank.
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The owner of Nieuport Aviation, the J.P. Morgan-affiliated IIF, is registered in the Cayman Islands. A former J.P. Morgan banker, Hai-Gi Li, sits on the board of Nieuport Aviation. A 2023 document from J.P. Morgan also lists Nieuport Aviation under its portfolio/operating companies roster.
Leading American bank would be a major beneficiary of Billy Bishop takeover
The island airport’s terminal is owned by Nieuport Aviation, which is owned by a J.P. Morgan-controlled group of companies. Lobbyists for Nieuport Aviation have held jobs with the Ford and federal gov...
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The kicker: the Liberal script is we’re waiting to see plans. But their own agency, the one they oversee, is actively making concrete plans. To be polite, Toronto MPs are being profoundly dishonest with their constituents. THEY are making airport expansion plans.
Proof of Toronto MPs playing-it-both-ways & not being honest w Torontonians was thx to @jeffreybgray.bsky.social getting the head of an agency under federal Liberal control on the record saying they’re making real (900 metre) plans.
Runway at Billy Bishop could need up to 900 metres of new landmass for jets, agency says
Toronto Port Authority CEO says plan would see most of the new runway jut westward, instead of east into harbour
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Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe kicker: the Liberal script is we’re waiting to see plans. But their own agency, the one they oversee, is actively making concrete plans. To be polite, Toronto MPs are being profoundly dishonest with their constituents. THEY are making airport expansion plans.
Children sing out at rally to save waterfront park threatened by Billy Bishop airport expansion
Children sing out at rally to save waterfront park threatened by Billy Bishop airport expansion
“This is a very special place,” said an area resident about Little Norway Park at Saturday’s rally and Jane’s Walk tour of the neighbourhood.
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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
President Trump says convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago club.
Trump says Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from him when she worked at Mar-a-Lago spa
"He took people that worked for me. And I told him don’t do it anymore. And he did it," Trump told reporters.
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Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, while speaking at an event in Connecticut. Obama cautioned that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”
Barack Obama warned on Tuesday night that the U.S. was “dangerously close” to allowing its government officials to act in a way “consistent with autocracies,” offering a veiled rebuke of the Trump administration that was delivered with trademark caution.
Obama Steps Back Into the Public Eye Amid Political and Global Unrest
He spoke about the risks of autocracy during an appearance on Tuesday night with the writer Heather Cox Richardson at a time of deep volatility for his party, the country and the world.
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Meg Barnette, wife of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, speaks about ICE detainments happening across the U.S. after Lander's office says he was detained by ICE. The Department of Homeland Security says he was arrested for "assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer."
If there is a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, it's a desire to minimize any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.
The Group of Seven summit is opening in Canada with a focus on trade, wars -- and not riling Trump
When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers at him.
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NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Trump EOs are an abuse of executive power that isn’t justified under any fair reading of the Constitution. “.. he would be wise to cut his losses before he goes zero for nine at the Supreme Court.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/rich...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says that she's "very disappointed" that President Trump is considering pardoning the men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her in 2020.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she is 'disappointed' that Trump is considering a pardon for men who plotted to kidnap her
Two key players in the kidnapping plot are serving long prison sentences on federal charges.
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Probably shouldn’t have threatened their sovereignty. 🇨🇦 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
BREAKING: Harvard is suing the Trump administration after DHS revoked its certification to enroll international students. Harvard’s president called the move “unlawful,” warning it threatens thousands of students and strikes at the heart of higher education in America.
BREAKING: Harvard University sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students.
Live updates: China criticizes US ban on Harvard's international students
The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration’s move to ban international students from Harvard would harm America’s international standing, as anxious students and parents overseas fretted over what would come next.
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BREAKING: Harvard University is suing the Trump administration to halt the federal ban on the school enrolling international students
Harvard sues Trump administration to halt federal ban on enrolling international students | CNN
Harvard University is opening a new front in its legal battle against the Trump administration, filing suit in federal court Friday in response to the government’s move to revoke the school’s ability ...
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🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.
Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · last yr.NEW filing: The Trump administration is trying to deport two people to South Sudan, attorneys in a Massachusetts case against DHS say. They're asking the judge for an emergency order blocking the removals storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In recent years, people ranging from Taylor Swift and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to high school girls around the country have been victims of non-consensual, explicit deepfakes. Now there is federal law criminalizing the sharing of those images. cnn.it/4mpboE6
New Pope has a Twitter account and this was the last thing he sent
Casar: "The party of 'very fine people on both sides' or 'Jewish space lasers' does not give a damn about stopping antisemitism. If my Republican colleagues want to stop the spread of antisemitism, maybe they should stop apologizing for and promoting antisemites."
I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last yr.Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
