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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦

@normsworld.bsky.social

Chair of NoJetsTO. Ford is trying to ram jets down our throat, sign the petition at NoJetsTO.com!

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦@normsworld.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Stopping this jet scheme should be a no-brainer. It wouldn’t require complicated or costly strategies or consultation processes on the part of the federal government. All it would take is Ottawa saying that it doesn’t support the move. End of story.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli

Mark Carney could do the right thing and make a hero out of 23 MPs at the same time

History shows Ottawa can step in when the city needs federal strength to stand up to the province

thestar.com

H. Bell@grudgingcloud.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sign & share! The Feds are holding all the power here. We need this nonsense stopped in its tracks. Toronto isn’t livable without a waterfront. It is the compensation & relief for traffic, noise, etc. It’s an increasingly beautiful -tourist expanding-health promoting-treasure we need to protect!

Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦@normsworld.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today NoJetsTO is launching a Federal E-Petition! Sponsored by @elizabethemay.bsky.social, it calls for the government of Canada to say no to jets at the island airport and save our waterfront! Sign now: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

NoJetsTO logo, photo of Elizabeth May, text “Sign our epetition Sponsored by Elizabeth May, MP”
Eva Lewarne@evalewarne.bsky.social · 3mo ago

IT TURNS OUR BILLY BISHOP AIRPORT IS ALREADY OWNED BY AMERICAN COMPANY AND IT IS NOT MAKING ENOUGH PROFIT SO THEY HAVE ASKED FORD TO HELP. FORD NOW WANTS TO TAKE OVER OUR ISLANDS AND LAKE ONTARIO AND SELL IT TO AMERICAN COMPANIES. AND GET A FEW M.

Jim Panou@jimpanou.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You know else has referred to the airport as a ”very hot potato” on the same day that Porter announced there intention to have jets back in 2013? The Program Manager, Aerodrome Standards for Transport Canada at the time. This from an FOI that NoJetsTO got in 2014.

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Jamie Bradburn@jbcurio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As the controversies over the future of Billy Bishop Airport continue to evolve, here's a recent piece I wrote for Toronto Today (@torontotoday.ca) on the many attempts to expand the island airport. Spoiler: they almost never succeed. #TOHistory #TOpoli #onpoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...

Billy Bishop Airport has always been a political hot potato. Where did it start?

Historian Jamie Bradburn guides readers through the history of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, where Premier Doug Ford is attempting to fast-track a plan for jet service

torontotoday.ca

Scott Piatkowski@scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Based on these numbers, there's no way that they will recoup their (our) investment. Current Market Aircraft on Market 7 Percentage on Market 6.8% Average Asking Price $17M Asking Price (High) $17M Asking Price (Low) $15M Average Sale Price $19M Sale Price (High) $20M Sale Price (Low) $18M

Scott Piatkowski@scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We were all outraged about Doug Ford's private jet. So much so that he's done a rare reversal and promised to sell the Gravy Plane "as quickly as possible". Here's something else to be mad about: It looks like they GROSSLY overpaid for the jet in the first place. www.bjtonline.com/aircraft/bom...

Bombardier Challenger 650 Current Market Aircraft on Market 7 Percentage on Market 6.8% Average Asking Price $17M Asking Price (High) $17M Asking Price (Low) $15M Average Sale Price $19M Sale Price (High) $20M Sale Price (Low) $18M Basics Price New $32M Year Started 2015 Year Ended In Production
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

And just like that, the Ford government has reversed its plan to buy a private jet nicknamed the “gravy plane” by critics. Except, the statement suggests the purchase has gone through and that now the government is trying to sell the plane on. #OnPoli

regcalgary.bsky.social@regcalgary.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Citizens of the following #Canadian provinces currently under #CONservative (mis)management, #Alberta, #NovaScotia and #Saskatchewan, please take note of this Ford flip-flop in #Ontario. He only did this because of regular people expressing deep outrage. We need more of this to turn the tide!

Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦@normsworld.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We did it! We stopped the Gravy Plane! Let’s keep fighting to save our waterfront from jets. #onpoli #topoli

Laura Stone from the Globe on X: #BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is selling its $28.9 million private jet, a senior government source tells The Globe. The purchase set off a firestorm of criticism when the Star revealed it last week. with critics calling it "the gravy plane."
@tonvin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Doug Ford Sin no.1: Secrecy. Everything he’s doing is in secrecy. Mob mentality. And it’s getting worse. Totalitarian or fascist? (BTW Doug, you never had any say about Quebec aircrafts, stop it. They are converting them into air ambulances)…. So…. They are for Healthcare… hint, hint.

@tonvin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Doug Ford is so envious of The Government of Canada aircrafts that he might cross floor to the Federal Liberals anytime soon! BTW the Federal Government aircrafts were not bought in secrecy. It was always well explained to Canadians. Not the Dougie Express 650.

Andy Fraser@andyfraser.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m almost impressed that the five neurons in Doug Ford’s brain coordinate this level of corruption, repression, nepotism, and tyranny. I bet Witkoff and Jared are looking on in admiration.

Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦@normsworld.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Breaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli