Take action to protect our Toronto waterfront!
Jets operating next to Canada’s largest downtown core and in our busy waterfront magnifies safety concerns.
The Bathurst Quay neighbourhood is located only 120 metres (400 feet) from the airport located on Toronto island, separated by the narrow water channel of the Western Gap.
BTCA’s proximity to our community and Canada’s largest downtown core, makes it unique because it is the only airport in Canada situated so close to high density urban population. It is this close proximity that presents significant health and safety concerns.
Here are a number of ways you can make your voice known to protect not just our neighbourhood, but the entire Toronto waterfront and Toronto Island Park.
1) Circulate the BQNA position paper (PDF) and sign up for our newsletter
2) Contact NoJetsTO to join the campaign, download their pamphlet and sign the petition.
3) Sign the NoJetsTO Federal e-petition sponsored by Elizabeth May MP
4) Contact Waterfront For All for news and upcoming events
5) Hand write a letter or call directly. Handwritten, hard-copy letters are more likely to get noticed by the MP personally, and a rule of thumb is that one handwritten letter or phone call represents about ten to one hundred other constituents who feel the same way but didn’t take the time to write. No postage is required. Here are some useful tips.
Transport Minister, Hon. Steven MacKinnon
House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6
Telephone: 613-992-4351
Email: Steven.MacKinnon@parl.gc.ca
MP Chi Nguyen (our member of parliament)
House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Telephone: 613-992-2352
Email: chi.nguyen@parl.gc.ca
Toronto constituency office
202-460 Richmond St W
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1Y1
Telephone: 416-533-1340
6) Ask your friends to write to their provincial and federal MPs – even outside the Toronto core. Give them some useful tips.
7) Write to your local city councillor