Statement by Steacy Easton

Howdy:

I am a resident of Ward 3, in Hamilton, Ontario. The new LRT would have been three blocks from my front door. I am incredibly frustrated by the cancelling of the project. I think that investing in public infrastructure is part of the social contract, and I think in a time of catastrophic climate failure, it is absurd to emphasize private vehicle ownership over anything else. (Building new high ways in Toronto, and cancelling public transportation in Toronto and Hamilton, is indicative of a set of values.)

The cost benefits that you quoted (either 3 billion or 5 billion) were over the thirty year, is dishonest--but even if that estimate was correct,the city elected the mayor to institute it. The way this project was cancelled--with no consultation, and by fiat, against the will of the people was profoundly undemocratic. As was your refusal to allow the press, or city councillors into meetings where these things were discussed.

I can only read this cancellation as an example of the contempt that Ford has for those who do not hew his very specific line. This is not how you govern an entire province--it is petty, and wasteful.

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