Paths to prosperity : Building great cities : an Ontario PC Caucus white paper

The most fundamental problem that the provincial government must address is the traffic congestion and inadequate public transit in Toronto and the GTA. [...] As the former deputy mayor of Toronto, I know how important this is to our economy and to the daily lives of the commuters in the region. [...] We need to balance the books and break the borrowing cycle, so Ontarians’ hard-earned dollars go to the services they want, and not to banks to cover interest payments. [...] We will end the wasteful politicking between the We need cities that work, that meet the real needs of downtown and the suburbs. [...] We believe the GTA The fundamental problem is that the government treats needs a strong urban core and strong surrounding our cities like it is the nineteenth century, not the twenty- communities.