The federal government announced on January 27, 2025, that building an airport on the Federal lands in Pickering is no longer a threat. Instead, most of the lands still retained by the federal government will be transferred to Rouge National Urban Park. We extend our...
Proposed Airport Flight Landing Routes (Blue)Removing land from agricultural use so it can be paved over for airport runways has huge ramifications beyond the airport lands themselves. Additionally, the lands adjacent to the airport will likely be converted for...
Our voice is a respected no-partisan contribution to public policy and land use discussions. We regularly submit comments during policy and planning reviews with The Environmental Registry of Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, The Ontario...
Federal LandsIn 1972, 18,600 of acres in Pickering were expropriated by the Federal and Provincial governments to build a new international airport and a planned city. People or Planes (POP) was a group formed in 1972 to fight the building of an airport here; some of...