Kevin Winson

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@annwmac @chriswarkentin Why would they do that? You just handed them more money without having to do anymore work. They dont need to build housing anymore to make more.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@ReadOnly454127 @BradMBradford 1st off, changing from LRT to streetcars shows you dont have a real point. All transit modes have a valid use. 2nd, No. All higher order transit lifts prop value, subway or LRT. 3rd, yes politicians shouldnt have a say in transit decisions. It should be ledt to the experts.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@ReadOnly454127 @BradMBradford Real cities know that wasting money on underground transit in the suburbs is not a smart investment. Outside of the downtown where roads are wider building above ground is faster and cheaper. Giving ppl a wide network will get cars off the roads and make traffic better.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@BradMBradford This line was talked about way back when the SSE was first proposed. It was stated then that building the SSE would greatly delay if not eliminate this line. It seems you dont know the history of transit in Scarborough.

[Neil Pasricha @NeilPasricha]

Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney (@markjcarney),

I was on the Toronto Ferry last year staring at our majestic waterfront.

I saw paddlers, kayakers, dragon boaters, sailors, windsurfers, fishers, paddleboarders, water taxis, and cruisers all sharing the space in harmony.

When we docked at Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands I was surrounded by hikers, joggers, cyclists, birders, picnickers, swimmers, photographers, beachgoers, frisbee golfers, naturalists, and thousands of tourists and locals enjoying this lush ecological paradise surrounded by our sparkling freshwater lake.

Please don’t destroy this by paving Lake Ontario.

Three weeks ago Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation) announced he will "seize" Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) in order to expand runways into Lake Ontario (1), bring in jets against the legal contracts governing the airport (2), and nix 14,000 mixed-use homes slated to go up on the shore (which taxpayers have already spent $1.4B developing). (3,4)

Although this decision is not his to make — Billy Bishop is governed by the City of Toronto and the federal government (5) — Premier Ford says he will overrule the City to "bring in jets one way or another." (6,7)

Premier Ford says he has the "full support" of your federal government to do this. (8)

Prime Minister Carney:

It is not too late.

Please say no to expanding Billy Bishop airport into the lake.

We don’t need this, we don’t want this, and we can’t afford this.

We don’t need this.

We can already go anywhere we want to go.

I live right in downtown Toronto.

I can be anywhere I want in the world, tomorrow.

I can walk to bus, subway, streetcar, and UP express stations from my house and I fly 40x per year.

In the past year I have been to over 35 airports on 3 continents and YYZ is one of the absolute best. In fact, in the past month it has won "Best Airport Staff in North America" (9), been ranked 4th in all of the Americas in efficiency (out of 50 airports) (10), and won Best Large Airport on the entire continent (an award it's won eight times in nine years.) (11)

Right this second, checking Uber, I can get from my house by car to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in 21 mins and to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Island Airport (YTZ) in 14 mins.

Right this second, if someone at Union Station wanted to get to YYZ on public transit it would take 28 minutes (UP Express) and to YTZ would take 22 minutes (TTC streetcar).

We are talking about a 6 minute time savings here.

If we want to serve southwestern Ontario’s population with expanded jet service we simply need to use the 7000m of existing, high-capacity, under-utilized jet runways within 2 hours of Toronto at Hamilton (@flyYHM ), Waterloo (@flyYKF), and London (@flyYXU) versus entertaining a "special economic zone" to force a jet-strip into the most environmentally sensitive and densely populated waterfront in the country.

We don’t want this.

This tiny speck of ecological paradise provides critical respite from our dense and urban concrete jungle and is vital for mental health, community, and happiness.

Over 400 peer-reviewed studies show urban forests and parks mitigate depression and anxiety and enhance overall mental well-being. (12)

I know you agree because four days ago on March 31, 2026 you announced your "Force of Nature" strategy with the vision of "protecting, restoring, and valuing nature." This wonderful program declares a federal investment of $3.8 billion dollars into "protecting critical habitats and aligning industrial strategies with biodiversity conservation." (13, 14, 15)

Also, I looked into the runway expansion into the lake that Premier Ford has promised.

Right now the shortest jet runway in Canada is 1832m (YHM Hamilton, ON) and the shortest jet runway in the world is 1508m (LCY London City Airport, UK). There are also new Canadian Aviation Regulations (RESA) stating all runways need to add 150m on each end for safety. (16, 17, 18)

Today the Billy Bishop runway is 1216m. (19)

Even the most conservative assumption — building the shortest jet runway in the entire world! — still requires a minimum of 600m more runway to land jets.

Here is a current aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport. (Photo 1 / attached)

Here is an aerial view of Billy Bishop Airport with the smallest possible runway extension of 600m added. (Photo 2 / attached)

(Of course this photo doesn’t include additional parking, hangers, gates, aprons, tarmacs, fueling stations, de-icing stations, blast fences, control towers, baggage carousels, taxi pickups … )

We can’t afford this.

Premier Ford was first elected in 2018 as the right wing candidate (PC) with 40.5% of the vote (left wing side of NDP and Liberal was 53.2%) and campaigned as a fiscal conservative. (FN) He attacked the Liberals for their $6.7B deficit and vowed a "return to balanced budgets" that would "begin in 2019." (20, 21)

Since then Premier Ford has won two more elections — with a nearly identical right / left vote split and record lows in voter turnout — and has now presided over 8 budgets. (22, 23)

In order from 2019 to 2026 those eight budgets have been for *deficits* of $8.7B, $16.4B, $13.5B, $5.9B, $5.6, $1.1B, $12.3B, and, most recently, just announced last week on March 26, 2026, coming in at a 77% increase on his own 2025 forecasts, $13.8B. (24, 25)

Since Premier Ford was elected he has *increased* Ontario’s debt from $338B to $485B. Ontario now pays $17.2B a year … just in interest payments. (26, 27, 28)

Notably, Premier Ford’s most recent $13.8B deficit budget does not include any money for the projected $1-2B cost of expanding Billy Bishop airport.

(Prime Minister, you and Premier Ford are both 61 and have a seemingly warm relationship despite wildly different education and business paths. (29, 30, 31, 32) Might you have time for some evening finance tutorials?)

Prime Minister Carney:

We don’t need this, we don’t want this, we can’t afford this.

Please say no to this expansion plan.

Please allow the legal agreements governing the airport to remain in the hands of those who legally own it — the City of Toronto and the federal government — and not with Premier Ford’s provincial government who is attempting to autocratically rule something in which it has no stake.

At the Junos six days ago on March 29, 2026 you praised 82-year-old @jonimitchell and justifiably called her "one of the greatest artists of all time." (33)

Joni warned us about "paving paradise to put up a parking lot" and now that’s exactly what Premier Ford is proposing we do.

The Toronto Harbour, Toronto Harbourfront, and Toronto Islands are a crown jewel for the functioning of our great city, our great province, and our great country.

Would New York City pave over Central Park?

Would Paris put runways on the Seine?

We absolutely should not pave the paradise of Lake Ontario to put up runways and parking lots we don’t need, don’t want, and can’t afford.

It's not too late.

Please say no.

Thank you,

Neil Pasricha

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(9) https://t.co/I3kBjq6thM
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(12) https://t.co/VJiYAGJ9JJ
(13) https://t.co/7ZiPrHlVxa
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(15) https://t.co/ytJ0iv8ymB
(16) https://t.co/jwQm4JzTUN
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(18) https://t.co/Ci7qMEMpMw
(19) https://t.co/KmhPvr48Ir
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(23) https://t.co/DwJHjj05BY
(24) https://t.co/JVmlSC4Y1z
(25) https://t.co/NXBsJyGS8g
(26) https://t.co/e2kIIzuMsy
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(28) https://t.co/08PLVXXUJI
(29) https://t.co/doLO2tbShf
(30) https://t.co/r98N6I0ahT
(31) https://t.co/LcMIgaigwB
(32) https://t.co/y0wFa9L42e
(33) https://t.co/HvMafmRLtK
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[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@ryangerritsen All you right wingers seem to think that you have to hate someone and treat them like garbage because they have different views. That is how an adult behaves.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@Tablesalt13 Read that again. 50% of RW students felt uncomfortable. So half. If you assume 50% are RW that is only 25% of total student population... not half the country...

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@BramRecorder @jm_mcgrath Lots and lots of diapers for garbage. extra elevator trips taking a stroller up and down. Those things take up a lot of room so less people can fit at a time. Just a couple of examples. Depending on who pays for the H2O, babies need a lot of laundry done as well

[Franceska Őtudja 🇨🇦 @CactusGipsy]

@1MikeMorris @MarkJCarney @PierrePoilievre Give credit to @MarkJCarney.

@PierrePoilievre is nowhere near as knowledgeable nor competent. (2/3)

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #abpoli #ableg #mbpoli #onpoli

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@pondpump @TDotResident @fordnation Affective Apr 1 i believe.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@wiggin93461 @BgpbearsHawkins @ShamjiAdil @fordnation What exactly have they done? And what exactly has Ford done?

[CBC News @CBCNews]

Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses. https://t.co/4ZywpvQtQ7

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@greencrow12 @PoloEdPolo @truckdriverpleb Did you know that 73.6% of statistics are made up on the spot?...

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@KingaSurmaMPP As the minister of Infrastructure, with the infrastructure of Ontario crumbling around us, doesn't that make you a complete and utter failure? Please resign in shame! #onpoli

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@Rickersthree @Canadianmouse2 @ItsDeanBlundell And your opinion means nothing to those who actually have to deal with going through that decision. So why dont you keep your opinion to yourself and make decisions about your own life and leave everyone else alone?

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@stephaniebowman @fordnation @StephenBlais Thats great, but if a family cant afford extra curriculars in thr first place, a tax break at the end of the year wont help. This is a tax break for the wealthy. Pass a bill to help pay upfront!

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@ian_budnitsky @babsbutterfly2 @gator_gum @CanadaFreedom18 Anyone could travel inter provincially. You just couldnt fly or take a train without a vaccine. As for foreign travel that was up the the destination.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@Ingemar4910 @dmrider @JoshMatlow He was right. It would have been up and running and it would have paid for itself. The subway extension will be a huge drain and the ridership will never bring in enough revenue. But the subway saves a whopping 3 MIN. But less stops so it takes longer to get to any of them.

[Kevin Winson @KevinWinson]

@marksaunders_TO So here's the thing. Remember during Covid when traffic was decent. It was because there were less CARS on the road. Not less bikes. Getting MORE ppl biking will actually help congestion. YOU are the one fighting a war against cars by putting more on the road #topoli #not4mayor