Island Airport Expansion

TORONTO — Ontario's transportation minister says the province plans to soon designate Toronto's island airport a so-called special economic zone to expand it faster now that it has taken over the land.

The province passed into law Thursday a bill that allows it to take over all the land on the Toronto Islands where Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is located.

It also allows the province to take Toronto’s spot in a tripartite agreement that governs the land, an accord that is currently between the city, the federal government and the Toronto Port Authority, which is a federal agency.