Palma
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Like the contracts negotiated for the cancelled gas plants? What was I thinking!
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Ontario Liberals and Transit
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Like the contracts negotiated for the cancelled gas plants? What was I thinking!
TOareaFan
Superstar
Just heard a report on the radio that when the cabinet is announced tomorrow Mr. Murray will no longer have transportation as part of his portfolio.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It's Steven del Duca - and trans is split from infra.
AoD
AoD
TOareaFan
Superstar
Gotta think that split will cause some problems....the $29B in funds for transportation and infrastructure will now have two separate ministries fighting for the funds.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
The fund isn't for infrastructure, it's for transportation. Transportation isn't just transit.
TOareaFan
Superstar
Yep...my mistake.
According to the Star Murray moves to Environment and despite a few new cabinet ministers no one gets dumped out of cabinet.
Cabinet will now contain 27 ministers.....so nearly half of the Liberal caucus will be in cabinet.
Those of us who based our vote more on fiscal prudence than other matters will find that to be a bloated cabinet....especially when you read things like:
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Well, Wynne was a mediator afterall - and clearly she has listened enough to be able to carve a path to victory. Now if only Hudak remembered to inform his fellow MPs in the running that he was going to cut 100K jobs...
AoD
salsa
Senior Member
MrsNesbitt
Active Member
@globeandmail: Steven Del Duca the man behind Queen’s Park’s $15-billion plan http://t.co/nceepng0w2 From @GlobeToronto
Del Duca barely answered a single question in this interview at all. At this rate, I'm missing Glen Murray already.
Del Duca barely answered a single question in this interview at all. At this rate, I'm missing Glen Murray already.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
he answered them exactly as I would expect him to. a lot of those questions simply won't have answers for a while until Metrolinx determines exactly what it is doing with the $15 billion, and has an official cost on GO electrification, which doesn't come until September.
What I get from it is that he isn't really willing to change plans municipally again, that they have changed enough. Makes me think that if Tory gets elected and moves to cancel the LRTs (I think is unlikely, but still possible), the province will simply say no and keep going. Scarborough subway is a bit more complicated given the tri party funding model.
What I get from it is that he isn't really willing to change plans municipally again, that they have changed enough. Makes me think that if Tory gets elected and moves to cancel the LRTs (I think is unlikely, but still possible), the province will simply say no and keep going. Scarborough subway is a bit more complicated given the tri party funding model.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The provincial gasoline tax has been at 14.3¢ a litre since 1992. Time to index it to inflation.
denfromoakvillemilton
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Budget!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ransit-spending-pension-plan/article19601508/
Among other budget-balancing measures, the document hikes income taxes on people making over $150,000 a year and jacks up levies on airplane fuel and tobacco. The budget also promises to hold the line on wage increases in public-sector union contract negotiations, and to find more cuts to program spending. But there are few details on where these cuts will actually be made.
Most of the budget, however, lays out long-term plans for new spending.
It provides for $29-billion in new funds for transit, roads and bridges over the next decade, plus tens of billions more for other capital costs, including schools. The budget puts more than a billion dollars into various social programs, with raises for personal support workers and more funds for programs for people with developmental disabilities.
A new $2.5-billion fund for businesses is meant to help lure corporations to the province and encourage existing operations to expand.
The plan also allocates a billion for a new road or rail link to the Ring of Fire, a Northern Ontario mineral deposit that the government estimates will yield $60-billion worth of economic activity.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ransit-spending-pension-plan/article19601508/
Among other budget-balancing measures, the document hikes income taxes on people making over $150,000 a year and jacks up levies on airplane fuel and tobacco. The budget also promises to hold the line on wage increases in public-sector union contract negotiations, and to find more cuts to program spending. But there are few details on where these cuts will actually be made.
Most of the budget, however, lays out long-term plans for new spending.
It provides for $29-billion in new funds for transit, roads and bridges over the next decade, plus tens of billions more for other capital costs, including schools. The budget puts more than a billion dollars into various social programs, with raises for personal support workers and more funds for programs for people with developmental disabilities.
A new $2.5-billion fund for businesses is meant to help lure corporations to the province and encourage existing operations to expand.
The plan also allocates a billion for a new road or rail link to the Ring of Fire, a Northern Ontario mineral deposit that the government estimates will yield $60-billion worth of economic activity.
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TheTigerMaster
Superstar
A few days later than promised, the Ontario Liberal Government has reintroduced their $130 Billion that triggered last month's election. This includes $29 Billion in new transit funding.
2014 Ontario Budget (Page 48):
Of note to Torontonians: the budget has not yet specifically earmarked funds for the Relief Line, though the Liberals have committed to funding the project. This situation remains unchanged from a month ago.
I'm curious to see how much that "rigorous business case analysis" will affect how the $15 Billion is allocated. The OLP has committed to the Relief Line, GO electrification and expanding GO service to Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph. This won't leave much money left over for any of the other projects on the list above.
2014 Ontario Budget (Page 48):
Of note to Torontonians: the budget has not yet specifically earmarked funds for the Relief Line, though the Liberals have committed to funding the project. This situation remains unchanged from a month ago.
I'm curious to see how much that "rigorous business case analysis" will affect how the $15 Billion is allocated. The OLP has committed to the Relief Line, GO electrification and expanding GO service to Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph. This won't leave much money left over for any of the other projects on the list above.
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
The Yonge North Subway extension could be postponed, still. The funds shifted to a Yonge Relief Line. Depends on what is in their definition of "Expansion", since it is not "Extension".
nfitz
Superstar
It should be unchanged from the situation of two months ago! It's the same budget. Literally ... check the date on that PDF file - April 30, 2014.