The minister also made clear the government has no plans to repeal the legislation passed earlier this year to facilitate the project.

Bill 110, the Building Billy Bishop Airport Act, allows the province to expropriate city-owned lands surrounding the airport in exchange for compensation and replaces Toronto's role in the tripartite agreement with the provincial government.

A Progressive Conservative caucus source who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal party matters, said the recent news-stream is ‘frustrating,’ but that any judgment should wait until the facts are established.