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Opinion | How many more transit projects will Ontario fumble before Doug Ford orders an inquiry?

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Metrolinx Michael Lindsay

Premier Doug Ford, left, with Michael Lindsay, who has been named permanent CEO of the Ontario transit agency Metrolinx.


John Lorinc is a journalist in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and the author of “No Jews Live Here†(2024).

Late last week, the Ford government took over four school districts, including ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½â€™s public board, alleging untenable spending. In the case of the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ District School Board, the current deficit figure is $58 million — not a small sum, to be sure, but equivalent to just 1.6 per cent of the TDSB’s entire budget.

Now consider the comparables for Metrolinx’s major transit projects, which have been financed and executed through opaque public-private partnerships orchestrated by Infrastructure Ontario. If the TDSB deficit is a rounding error, then most of Metrolinx’s projects are off by orders of magnitude.

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John Lorinc

John Lorinc is a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ journalist and author of “No Jews Live Here†(2024).

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