Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

[danbrotherston]

First of all, the regional population is ~617,000 as of 2019. I don't think this is "nearly 700k".

But I'm not sure why you're talking 32 years ago. The airport flight arrangements we are talking about happened all of 5-7 years ago. Our region has not changed much since then.

As for the airport, the difference is that air travel is not necessarily a good investment for the future. Short haul flights are some of the most tenuous flights that should be eliminated to help reduce GHG emissions. Long haul flights do not have an alternative now, but with more space open at Pearson if flights to locations like London, Montreal, Ottawa are eliminated, there will be less need for other airports.

32 years was a response to bytor. that was the exact number he used.

Fair enough...I lost that part of the thread.

But he wasn't talking about something that happened 32 years ago, he's talking about something that has been repeated constantly over the past 32 years.