ULTERIOR MOTIVES??                                                    "When you have a concealed reason for doing something, it’s an ulterior motive"

This is a land grab by the GTAA plain and simple.

If they are allowed to build an airport, all of the land will be leased to them in a long term arrangement.

Such a huge tract of land is unbelievably valuable and this is why the GTAA wants to build a small airport today, so that they get control of the land for the long term.

The GTAA want this land and they want it at a discount price to boot. What economic benefit is that to Durham Region or the Feds? We say none. If the land is transferred to the GTAA for an airport that is not needed, we in Durham may lose an opportunity to do something that really is good for Durham and the country.

This land and opportunity should not be wasted on some piddly little Cessna airport. Since they have unveiled the latest in a long list of plans for an unneeded airport, many parties have stepped up to the plate to say this is a stupid idea. The list includes IATA, CATA, two travel industry giants as well as Air Canada. They think the GTAA is an out of control empire building enterprise that should focus on cost control rather than expansion.

The Ontario Government stepped up at the unveiling and said they thought this airport is in the wrong place and it conflicts with the Greenbelt Legislation. Former property owners, columnists, and many others have all come together to say this is a premature and unneeded development."