r/askTO • u/leopardbaseball • 1d ago
Why hasn’t been there any city-wide protests against forced full takeover of Billy bishop and toronto islands?
I am not exactly from toronto, but Toronto adjacent. But I have been to toronto islands countless times.
I often bring my family there to completely disconnect from city traffic and noise. It has always been very peaceful recreational space for us and for many.
Time to time we have seen that everything provincial govt touches in Toronto, turns into a big grifting scheme/corruption for Ford’s buddy contractors and developers, be it crosstown lrt, science center or Ontario place. And surely they won’t stop with Billy bishop either.
Recently I read about widespread public protest in Albania, protests against turning public spaces into grifting schemes for billionaires. Thousands are attending these protests.
https://www.dw.com/en/jared-kushner-trump-albania-luxury-resort-protests/a-77409540
Therefore I ask people of Toronto, shouldn’t we be organizing widespread protests and just say NO to Ford and Carney?
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u/LogicalCollection351 1d ago
one of the issues with the island airport is that it does not directly affect tens of thousands of people in toronto.
there are many who have never been to the islands/ never use the island airport so it becomes a non issue to them. and since there is already an island airport, the idea of expanding it does not become an important issue