Volunteers communicating the need for Pickering Airport
President Donald Trump has initiated economic actions against Canada, breaking trade agreements and military treaties. He has mentioned using “economic force” to annex Canada. This move has shocked many long-time admirers of America. It also exposes Canada’s economic vulnerability in logistics. New airport infrastructure can help redirect Canadian trade away from the U.S. and […]
The Toronto region’s rapid growth is creating a demand for new infrastructure. Any land development project will have its supporters and its detractors. The latter are typically individuals or small groups concerned about development impacts like traffic congestion. They want to maintain the status quo fearing a reduced quality of life. A few people are […]
The Pickering Airport Advantage- Location, Location, Location! Airlines are in the business of operating routes between cities. Airports are the gateways between these cities. Profit and customer satisfaction are an airline’s goals. Airlines around the world are constantly looking to add profitable new destinations to their route networks to satisfy customer demand. Both the […]
By Mark Brooks and Al Robinson We enjoy the ability to obtain goods and services that are produced from locations all over the globe. We don’t think twice about ordering an item of interest online, to be delivered to our door. Behind that purchase is a complex trade network that is improving our lives, lifting […]
By Mark Brooks The debate around the development of Pickering Airport is often focused on the business case, the demographics of growth and the environment. What about the moral case? What opportunities are we forgoing, and what future problems are we creating for our children, if we fail to build a new airport in Pickering? Is it […]
By Ted Nickerson, October 4, 2022 In the March 2022 posting, I identified that IATA (1) predicted that North American commercial aviation would reach 94% of the 2019 passenger traffic volume by year-end 2022 and reach 102% by year-end 2023. Further, at that time the USA and Mexico were already near the 2022 forecast but […]
By Mark Brooks Western Canada’s oil industry is at the cutting edge of new net-zero energy emissions technology that will be the cornerstone of our 21st century economy. Yet, woke environmental academics and far left anti-capitalist opportunist are calling for the industry to be restricted, and then shut down. The next federal budget could mark […]
By Mark Brooks Canada has committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Yet a recent report from Canada’s Energy Regulator (CER) predicts that by 2050 Canada will still need millions of barrels a day in hydrocarbon-based fuel. As the burning of liquid and gas fuels is one of the main sources of carbon emissions, […]
By Mark Brooks When the Berlin wall fell in 1989, socialist economics was declared a failure, and a world spanning free market capitalist economic system ruled supreme. Then a new crisis, global warming, in part caused by capitalism’s success in creating global prosperity, created an opportunity for a rematch. Over the last decade, aviation has […]
By Mark Brooks The recent announcement of Cadillac Fairview’s (CF) purchase of a 100% stake in Toronto Buttonville Airport has important implications for the development of an aerotropolis in nearby Pickering. Buttonville airport, a busy GA (General Aviation) and utility airport, sits on a 169-acre property in the City of Markham. Considered a prime site […]
