Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government will be seizing ownership of city-owned lands at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and declaring it a special economic zone, invoking new powers that will allow it to override environmental and other regulations.

The Ford government says the runway will be expanded over the next few years to allow for jets.

“Our government will soon introduce legislation to take over the City of Toronto’s role in the tripartite agreement that governs the airport’s operations, and we will move to take ownership of the city-owned lands in the airport in exchange for fair compensation,” the Premier said at a news conference at the airport Monday morning.

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I’m sure there’s no corruption or environmental destruction involved here! Doug Ford is known is known for his ethics, after all.