Statement by Graham Craword

The City's LRT plan has $3.4 billion in federal & provincial funding. Show your support for the plan.

Premier Ford,

I write as a Hamiltonian who has long supported LRT. I'm very concerned not only with the decision to cancel the provincial government's commitment to build LRT, but also with the way in which the decision was made and the way the decision was communicated to Hamiltonians.

We are so close to having real numbers that it makes no sense to use mystery accounting as the basis for the cancellation. I believe the provincial government owes all Hamiltonians the opportunity to review the actual bids from the 3 consortia.

I encourage you to allow this to happen. Then, and only then, should we decide our path forward.

Sincerely,
Graham Crawford

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