andrewcash.ca » Tranist City http://andrewcash.ca Official Website of the Member of Parliament for Davenport Thu, 16 May 2013 19:36:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Andrew asks about Conservaitve support for Rob Ford’s failed transit policy – February 9, 2012 http://andrewcash.ca/andrew-asks-about-conservaitve-support-for-rob-fords-failed-transit-policy-february-9-2012 http://andrewcash.ca/andrew-asks-about-conservaitve-support-for-rob-fords-failed-transit-policy-february-9-2012#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:07:47 +0000 steph http://andrewcash.ca/?p=329 Mr. Andrew Cash (Davenport, NDP): Mr. Speaker, it is very sad that Conservatives are not getting the job done for Toronto. Last night, Toronto city council committed to a practical light rail-based plan to fix its public transit. However, the good buddy of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, Mayor Ford, said council should be ignored. It seems that there are a lot of dirty tricks that Mayor Ford is learning from his Conservative friends across the way. Will the government–

Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

The Speaker: The member is out of time.

The hon. Minister of Transport.

Hon. Denis Lebel (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it was a good discussion yesterday in the city of Toronto. However, we always said we would respect jurisdictions in public transit and we respect the choices of provinces in their politics.

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