Large-scale waterfront rally & march planned for this Sunday as residents demand federal action to stop the proposed Toronto Island Airport expansion
Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat — A community movement is gaining momentum across Toronto as residents mobilize to stop a proposal to massively expand the Toronto Island Airport to allow for commercial jets.
Residents say the costs are too high — noise and air pollution, gridlocked traffic, thousands of new homes cancelled, and the irreversible destruction of the waterfront and Toronto Islands. Now they’re demanding Toronto’s MPs take a stand and say no to jets and this dangerous, needless expansion.
WHO: NoJetsTO and Environmental Defence, along with hundreds of Toronto residents who are against jets and the proposed Island Airport expansion.
Spokespeople Norm Di Pasquale, NoJetsTO Program Manager, and Ashley Wallis, Associate Director, Environmental Defence, are available for interviews.
WHAT: Save Our Waterfront Rally & March
Sunday, July 26 / Harbour Square Park along Queens Quay to HTO Park / 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Large-scale rally and march along with a flotilla of boats on the water demanding federal action to stop the proposed expansion. Route and full event details here.
MEDIA REGISTRATION: Please register at the Volunteer Tent at Harbour Square Park, or call/text either of the media contacts below.
WHY: Commercial jets over Toronto’s waterfront mean noise and air pollution, debilitating traffic, thousands of new homes cancelled and the waterfront destroyed. Residents are demanding that their MPs say no. Over 6,000 lawn signs have been distributed across Toronto as community opposition grows. See more public opposition here, as well as a video posted by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist here.
For more information on the NoJetsTO movement and what’s at risk, please visit: NoJetsTO.com
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE (environmentaldefence.ca): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian environmental advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.
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For more information or to request an interview, please contact:
Alex Ross or Stephanie Kohls, media@environmentaldefence.ca (reaches both)
