Media reports Monday night stated that the federal Liberals remain committed to not allowing jets at Billy Bishop Airport.

Metro reported that the party confirmed its position, saying nothing has changed since the GTA caucus sent a June letter to Mayor John Tory on the issue. Similar accounts appeared elsewhere in the media.

In that letter, the party says it won’t reopen the airport’s current agreement, a step that would be necessary for Porter Airlines to fly jets there.

Reached Monday night, newly re-elected Liberal MP Adam Vaughan said there was no change to the party’s position since the letter was issued.

“The tripartite agreement is not being renegotiated,” he said, referencing the agreement between Ottawa, Ports Toronto and the City of Toronto. “The party’s position is the party’s position,” he added, citing the June 4 letter which says the party “pledged not to re-open the Tripartite Agreement.”

The Liberals’ stance was called into question last month when city Coun. Jim Karygiannis wrote a letter to Justin Trudeau claiming the issue wasn’t addressed in the party platform.

But “there’s no big deal here,” Vaughan said. “Nothing has changed.”

Karygiannis’ letter was in response to Vaughan’s declaration in his election-night victory speech that the airport expansion was dead.

Porter Airlines could not be reached for comment late on Monday night.

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