SummarySpren for "Public transit"
- • Phil Verster, the CEO of Metrolinx, missed another deadline for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and provided an update 60 days before the project's potential opening date.
• The speaker is asking the Premier if they are satisfied with Verster's answer and why he still has his job despite the project's failures.
- • The Ontario government has invested heavily in public infrastructure and transit, with a total of $70 billion allocated for various projects.
• The NDP has consistently voted against these investments, including the Kitchener line, and has lost one of their safest seats in Kitchener as a result.
- • Doug Ford, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, refers to the current carbon tax as a "gouge" on the people.
• Ford's party aims to reduce the carbon tax, which is currently the highest in the world.
- • Miss Monique Taylor, a candidate from the New Democratic Party of Ontario, has been described as being brought to you by Grimms' fairy tales and interjections.
- • The speaker is asking the Premier of Ontario to commit to requiring Metrolinx to post an organizational chart publicly to demonstrate transparency and accountability.
• The speaker mentions the RCMP criminal investigation into the $8.3-billion greenbelt land swap and the delay in the construction of the Eglinton LRT, which has been ongoing for over 12 years with no announced timeline for its opening.
- • The current government, led by Premier Ford, is building public transit and highways across Ontario, including the Ontario Line, Scarborough subway extension, Yonge North subway extension, Eglinton Crosstown west extension, Finch West LRT, Hazel McCallion Line, and Hamilton LRT.
• The previous Liberal government did nothing to support public transit and highways in Ontario, despite having 15 years to do so.