1/ Metrolinx just awarded a $4.6 billion contract over 30 years to build, operate and maintain an 18 km, 19 station LRT system in Mississauga. Their LRT will be up and running in 2024. infrastructureontario.ca/Contract-Award…
2/ In #HamOnt, we're literally 3 months away from receiving the final bids from the consortia competing to win the contract, and the consortia are telling LIUNA they don't understand where the government got its latest inflated numbers from.
3/ Yet our "open for business" #onpoli government just decided abruptly to cancel the bid process altogether, based on a 'third-party analysis' we're not allowed to see, created by an entity we're not allowed to know.
6/ If the numbers say the cost is higher, show us how they were calculated. Let the private sector complete the bidding process (you know, the "open for business" part of being open for business). Find ways to scale back the project or find cost savings. Engage the Feds.
7/ Premier @fordnation, it's not too late to do the right thing for the people of #HamOnt. Your government made a mistake here but you can still fix it. Don't sit back and let the people of Hamilton conclude that you think they deserve to be mistreated and short-changed.
@fordnation 8/ All we're asking is that you treat us as fair as you treat Mississauga. Get this transformative investment in economic development back on track so #HamOnt can really pull its weight in creating prosperity for Ontario. Come on, @fordnation, we're counting on you. /thread
