A regional airport under the jurisdiction of the City of Brantford would better the community, says the chair of the airport commission.

“It’s the right thing to do because it would benefit both municipalities and the surrounding area,” Mark Littell said. “As a commission we’d like to see the airport grow and provide even more economic benefit to Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations and the surrounding area.”

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Littell made the comments after the commission voted to request the city ask the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to transfer the airport property to Brantford.

At present, the city owns and operates the airport but the land is part of the county. That means the city pays property taxes to the county and development charges generated by developm

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