Crafty social media campaign afoot to stop #PorterPlans
If you’ve never read “Both My Houses” by Father Sean O’Sullivan (with Rod McQueen), I recommend you get out to the local library and give it a read. It is a wonderful read, with...
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Chicken Little is alive and well
The erudite readers of this backwater blog need not be reminded of the story of Chicken Little. But to give you a sense of the lengths that the anti-airport crowd will go to, here’s...
Oh how we will miss Flt. Lt. (Ret'd) Arthur Bishop
One of the true pleasures that I’ve had as Chairman at the Toronto Port Authority has been the chance to get to know the late, great Arthur Bishop. When his daughter Diana first connected...
“Public Service” — easier said than done part 6
Forgive me if I momentarily return to the topic of the perils of business people getting involved in public service activities (see prior representative posts “Lies, Damn Lies, and municipal politics” Aug 24-09 and...
"Billy Bishop" backstory
You might have heard or read something last week about the idea of renaming the “Toronto City Centre Airport” the “Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport”. Here’s the backstory, without breaching any confidences. Four years...
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