The Tories, concerned that proposed legislation would allow photo radar to creep onto Ontario's major highways, withdrew hundreds of amendments during clause-by-clause consideration at committee Monday. ...
Category: Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Tories make a stink over timing of changes to Ontario electric car rebates
"This certainly doesn’t pass the smell test," said a PC critic. ...
New Ontario-owned section of Highway 407 helps boost traffic for tolling company
A new provincially-owned eastern section of the 407, which opened last June, is helping funnel more cars onto the highway. ...
Avoiding ‘potential awkwardness’: Wynne, Tory come face-to-face amid road toll spat
The Premier acknowledged Toronto's Mayor "is not happy" with her veto over road tolls but denied their relationship is "broken." ...
Wynne government’s anti-road toll stance met with cries of politics, paternalism and flip-flopping
The Premier may have risked her friendship with Toronto Mayor John Tory, but her government is now steadfastly against municipal road tolls. ...
Auto insurance rates drop slightly to end 2016, Liberals just over halfway to 15% cut
Premiums have been reduced by an average of about 8.5 per cent since 2013, when the Liberals vowed to cut them by 15 per cent by August 2015 ...
Construction lobby still crying foul over environmental assessment delays
The government's prebudget consultations have heard from some with ties to the municipal construction industry, who say a more simplified version of the environmental process isn't always that simple. ...
Transportation minister: Toronto must plan first, then toll twice
Del Duca says the NDP proposal to pick up the TTC's operating costs "smells of desperation." ...
Dear John: Horwath proposes provincial help instead of Toronto road tolls
The NDP Leader's stance also sets her apart from PC Leader Patrick Brown, who has maintained a better-run provincial infrastructure and transit program could provide the money Toronto needs to patch up fiscal gaps. ...
Ontario police probe into whistleblower’s allegations of asphalt ‘sample switching’ stymied by lack of info
An expert on fraud, meanwhile, says not listening to whistleblowers can send "the wrong message." ...