Pickering still plugs airport on best farmland

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Published on Wednesday, 28 October 2020 15:34

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On behalf of the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce, we are asking that you take the time to sign the Land Over Landings Petition (LOL) and if you are in the agricultural sector to complete their survey. 

As a reminder are working diligently to protect 9,000 acres of farmland that was designed more than 50 years for an airport in Pickering. 

Right now we have a world full of empty airports and a very real fear of food security and protecting source water.

NDACT Chair

Karren Wallace

SIGN THE NEW PETITION!

A passionate new supporter from Whitby has launched an online petition asking the federal government to end, once and for all, any plans to build an airport on the prime -- and increasingly precious -- farmland of North Pickering.

In case you thought this was settled long ago, and that no one would be crazy enough to suggest a new airport on foodland during a global pandemic that has decimated the aviation industry — wrong! The City of Pickering is actively campaigning for just that. On October 8 they held a symposium for realtors and developers promoting their pet project — an aerotropolis!!

We hope you’ll take a minute to sign and to share this new digital petition: https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2907

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