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Hon. Stan Cho

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Willowdale
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • 111 Sheppard Ave. W North York, ON M2N 1M7
  • tel: 416-733-7878
  • fax: 416-733-7709
  • Stan.Cho@pc.ola.org

  • Government Page
  • Mar/1/23 11:30:00 a.m.

The member is always advocating for Oakville, and once again, he’s doing it with that question this morning. Thank you.

Just last week, Thursday, February 23, our government, in partnership with our municipal and federal counterparts, unveiled the initial batch of Oakville Transit’s first-ever zero-emission, battery electric buses. That’s a major milestone, and it’s part of our $4.4-million investment in 27 electric buses for the town of Oakville. Our efforts will help provide safe, reliable transit service for Oakville riders, all while lowering emissions and producing less noise on local roads.

What’s more, investing in these low-carbon transportation options demonstrates that our government is laser-focused on reaching its goal of reducing Ontario’s emissions by 30% by 2030. Our government is helping transit providers shift to modern, efficient fleets that will improve people’s quality of life and travel, both today and for many—

But to the member’s point, electrification is an important part of that process. We need to reduce emissions and our public transit system is an important part of that. That’s why we trust that the opposition, as we move forward and green our fleet and grow our fleet, will support us. It’s unfortunate that they voted against every single transit expansion measure that this government has taken, but the good news for Ontarians is, there’s a lot more to come. I hope they’ll support it in the future and do the right thing.

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