QUEEN’S PARK – Following reports of the Ottawa LRT being uploaded to Metrolinx, Ontario NDP MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement:
“Doug Ford and Mark Sutcliffe argue that uploading Ottawa’s light rail network to Metrolinx would solve the ongoing issues surrounding its financing, construction, and maintenance. But is this actually a good deal?
If the province really wants to end the public transit death spiral, then the solution is stepping up and investing in permanent transit funding, with a new model that is fair, consistent and lets us maintain local control over our network. Like the 50/50 operations cost-sharing partnership we used to have.
Uploading our LRT to an unaccountable agency with 124 Vice Presidents that funds the same players who brought us years of delays, derailments, and inquiries won’t fix our transit woes.
Ottawans are used to a cycle of secrecy and negligence when it comes to our LRT system. Do we really trust Metrolinx to break that cycle when history suggests they are no better than what we have now?”
OTTAWA — Ontario NDP MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) and Shadow Health Minister France Gélinas (Nickel Belt) have issued the following statement, as the Ottawa Hospital is set to cut 400 jobs —a direct result of the Ford government’s underfunding:
QUEEN’S PARK – Following the government’s announcement to cut HST for every home buyer effective April this year until March next year, NDP Shadow Minister for Housing Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement:
OTTAWA CENTRE — Following reports on a proposed GTA rental housing initiative, NDP Shadow Minister for Housing, MPP Catherine McKenney (Ottawa Centre) released the following statement, raising concerns about affordability, transparency, and the use of public funds to support private developers instead of building truly affordable housing.