Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week asking for billions of dollars worth of investments as both governments work towards their 2024 budgets.
In the letter addressed to Trudeau, sent on March 14 and shared by the Premier’s Office, Ford outlines additional priorities where he is hopeful for either a financial commitment or a legislative change.The big ask in the six-page letter is funding for infrastructure, specifically roads, highways and public transportation projects. The government noted the estimated costs of expanding GO Transit along the Milton line could cost more than $6 billion.
“Where federal jurisdiction applies, Ontario expects the federal government to ensure its legislation and regulations help build new roads, highways and public transit projects faster, instead of slowing down Ontario’s ability to build these much-needed projects,” the premier wrote.to declare the Impact Assessment Act, a law dealing with environmental impacts for infrastructure projects, to be void.
“At the very least, the federal government should use its upcoming budget to pause the looming increase to its carbon tax, which will bring the total cost of the carbon tax to 17.6 cents per litre of gas.”Match Ontario’s $1 billion commitment to building roads to the Ring of Fire region
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