Island Airport Tunnel - the Wrong Priority for Toronto

Porter has already been the recipient of millions of tax dollars – from the $20 million given as compensation for not being able to start an airline when the bridge was cancelled, to the $15 million spent to buy the first new ferry and build its terminals. Even his planes, it now appears, were purchased with financing from the Export Development Corporation, an arm of the federal government, established to assist Canadian manufacturers to export their products.

"No more public money – or public assets – should handed over to Porter. If Porter wants the tunnel, it should be paying for it. Really, Porter should relocate to Pearson, where it would compete on a level playing field." Iler concluded.