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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2022 10:15AM
  • Nov/28/22 4:40:00 p.m.

Thank you to the member from Kitchener–Waterloo for your comments today.

You mentioned a number of Metrolinx projects where the initial cost projection has doubled when the project was actually delivered and the delivery was late. You’ve also talked about those projects being funded through a P3 model, which cost taxpayers—I believe the Auditor General said it’s an additional 26% on each of those projects.

This government seems to be wedded to Metrolinx, to rewarding incompetence.

So what is your recommendation to the government as far as getting public infrastructure built?

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  • Nov/28/22 5:50:00 p.m.

Thank you to the member from Toronto Centre for your comments. It’s always interesting—I’m always learning when you’re speaking.

You mentioned that this bill is not going to get the attention it deserves, because right now the government just passed Bill 23, which paves over the greenbelt, and they’ve got Bill 39, which overrides the last municipal election results. Now they’ve got this bill, which is going to promote carbon capture, and you’re saying that in Australia, where they tried this project, their government put in $60 million of taxpayers’ money and didn’t get the results.

Are you afraid that this carbon capture is actually just a diversion to allow oil companies to continue to drill and to burn oil?

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