Stephen Harper got back into the Toronto subway game today with a brief visit here for a meeting with Mayor Ford minutes from the government jet’s berth at Toronto Airport. Mr. Harper promised to support the construction of an extension to the Danforth line all the way to Scarborough. The prime minister met with the mayor in a Mississauga hotel room. Only cameras, no reporters, were permitted into the room and remarkably there was no one present from the provincial government. The Finance Minister, Mr Flaherty, was there.The PM made it clear there will be collaboration between all levels of government to pay for the extension. “Mr. Flaherty and I, subject of course to the normal approval process, have set aside funds to ensure the financing of Toronto’s plan for the Scarborough subway extension,” Harper said as he met with Ford at a hotel near Pearson Airport. “I think this is good news for Toronto commuters who obviously continue to face the challenges of gridlock.” The amount and source of the money is unstated, but there is of course only one real source of the funds, Mr. and Mrs. Canada. There is said to be news opportunity Monday morning in Scarborough at which Mr. Flaherty may talk more specifically about how much money is available from the federal government. PM jets into town with subway funding promise
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Stephen Harper got back into the Toronto subway game today with a brief visit here for a meeting with Mayor Ford minutes from the government jet’s berth at Toronto Airport. Mr. Harper promised to support the construction of an extension to the Danforth line all the way to Scarborough. The prime minister met with the mayor in a Mississauga hotel room. Only cameras, no reporters, were permitted into the room and remarkably there was no one present from the provincial government. The Finance Minister, Mr Flaherty, was there.The PM made it clear there will be collaboration between all levels of government to pay for the extension. “Mr. Flaherty and I, subject of course to the normal approval process, have set aside funds to ensure the financing of Toronto’s plan for the Scarborough subway extension,” Harper said as he met with Ford at a hotel near Pearson Airport. “I think this is good news for Toronto commuters who obviously continue to face the challenges of gridlock.” The amount and source of the money is unstated, but there is of course only one real source of the funds, Mr. and Mrs. Canada. There is said to be news opportunity Monday morning in Scarborough at which Mr. Flaherty may talk more specifically about how much money is available from the federal government. 