Porter Airlines’ push to expand Toronto’s island airport to accommodate jet service is dead, says Adam Vaughan, the Toronto MP widely expected to be part of Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s cabinet.

Porter, however, is urging the Trudeau government to “consider the wishes of the people of Toronto.”

“We will not reopen the tripartite agreement,” between Ottawa, PortsToronto and the City of Toronto, said Vaughan, elected in Spadina-Fort York, in an interview Tuesday after Trudeau won a surprise majority government.

The agreement requires all three waterfront partners to agree to major changes, including allowing jets and the accompanying changes including a 550-metre runway extension and installation of “jet blast deflectors” at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, which currently sees more than 2 million passengers per year.

Vaughan, who was chair of the Liberal GTA caucus before the election, said Trudeau signed off on his platform that included no island airport expansion.

Joe Cressy, city councillor for the ward that includes the airport at the foot of Bathurst St., said: “Porter's proposal is dead on arrival. The new government has committed to not opening the tripartite agreement.

“Jets will not fly out of the island airport and the focus now returns to ensuring the airport's current operations better fit in with the neighbourhood and the city,” through a Bathurst Quay neighbourhood plan review.

Last year, Toronto council delayed a decision on the jets issue, asking airport operator PortsToronto to do an environmental assessment, airport master plan and runway design study.

PortsToronto, a “government business enterprise” overseen by Transport Canada, said in a statement, “we don’t yet know the Liberal party’s official position on the Porter Airlines’ proposal to introduce jets . . . As such it would be premature to comment or speculate about what the future holds.”

The agency expects to give the city its requested reports on possible expansion in early 2016.

In April 2013, Porter announced it had placed a conditional order for 12 Bombardier CSeries jets that would allow direct flights to far-flung spots including Vancouver, Los Angeles and Miami, currently not reachable with Q400 turboprops. Allowing jets could more than double the number of airport visitors.

Porter spokesman Brad Cicero said in an email the airline expects continuation of “robust” reviews of the jet proposal.

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“The results will be available in coming months and provide everyone involved with complete information in order to make informed decisions,” Cicero said.

“If, after the full review is complete, and city council determines that it would like to proceed with the proposal, we believe that the federal government should consider the wishes of the people of Toronto when reviewing the proposal.”

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