🇨🇦 Ottawa kills airport growth, bows to downtown NIMBYs

87,000 consultation responses and Ottawa suddenly discovers democracy, but only when it blocks infrastructure in Canada’s biggest city. Mark Carney’s crew and Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon have rejected Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop jet expansion after 87 per cent of respondents opposed it, with most coming from Toronto and the GTHA, as reported. Funny how the same federal class that bulldozes public consent on immigration targets, housing pressure, and cultural upheaval now acts like local voices are sacred when the outcome is less growth, less mobility, and less economic capacity.

MacKinnon says Billy Bishop is critical to Canada’s transportation network, then refuses the very expansion Ontario says could add $8.5 billion a year and thousands of jobs. Classic late-liberal governance: worship density, import endless demand, then sabotage the infrastructure that might help a country function. Olivia Chow wants the land back, the feds want applause from waterfront activists, and national interest gets shoved aside for boutique urban politics. Sovereignty is not just borders. It is the ability to build, move, trade, and govern without this managerial clown show.

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