I wonder whether MPP Peter Shurman's call for Transportation Minister Jim Bradley to help stop the cancellation of a $1.5 million capacity maintenance agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority is really in the best interests of his constituents.
Both residents of Markham and Richmond Hill have had complaints about safety and the noise of the airport for over a decade.
In addition, there was an aircraft that crashed into a residential house in Bayview Hill, Richmond Hill, in 2001 and another crash near the IBM building on Steeles Avenue in 2003.
The Buttonville Airport is the 10th busiest airport in Canada and that makes it an inappropriate location in a growing residential area.
Imagine if you were a local resident, there are more than 500 air movements over your head every day, including in the middle of the night.
Yes, while other airports such as the City Centre Airport, Downsview Airport and Markham Airport are closed between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., Buttonville Airport is open 24 hours a day.
Those smaller aircrafts' propeller engines are noisier than the same thrust jet engine.
Regarding the economic downturn, the smaller Markham Airport will need more financial help than the well-established Buttonville Airport.
Markham Airport and Downsview Airport are surviving. How could Buttonville Airport lose money and need to close?
I tend to believe it is more an inappropriate government handout.
Samuel Ho
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