As you all know, I represent a northern rural riding, and yes, we do not have public transit, so we use the road to get from Toronto to Sudbury. A lot of things travel on that highway. It’s Highway 400 when it is four lanes, and then it becomes Highway 69 when it goes down to two lanes.

I remember, in 2003, the Liberal government made a big announcement that they were going to four-lane Highway 69 all the way between Toronto and Sudbury. It isn’t done. This government has been in power for six years. I write to the Minister of Transportation every year to say, how are we moving along with the 68 kilometres of Highway 69 that is only two lanes, that is closed every week during the winter?

Why is it okay to invest in roads in southern Ontario but not on Highway 69?