Not really sure what he's getting at here, other than advertising once more than he's scanned through the region's projected growth rates, and is selectively quoting them. The arguement appears to in part involve the fact that Abbotsford-Langley-Surrey will have a lot more people than Vancouver, so their airport should grow. And yet... these aren't the only four municipalities in the region. Which airport does he think people in Buraby, New West, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Delta, Richmond etc will use? Hell, even Whalley (Surrey's planned growth concentration area) is closer to YVR than to YXX (I looked it up on Google
).
He also neglects to mention that YVR will, by 2027, will handle somewhere between 26.9 to 40.5 million passengers/year (source:
http://www.yvr.ca/yourairport2027/pd...masterplan.pdf)
Who exactly are the planners/politicians that aren't using the "Google Earth View" with regard to Abbotsford airport, and what specific actions has that led to that he finds detrimental to the region? He tosses this out as a bit of populism, but doesnt really expand on it in any way that would render it a useful statement.
YXX should certainly grow as market demands, but there's no need to turn it into Vancouver's Mirabel.
As for Translink, that's certainly being looked at:
http://www.vancouversun.com/story_pr...56969&sponsor=