Doug Ford freezes Toronto families out of back-room hostile takeover of their subway: NDP

QUEEN’S PARK — Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath released the following statement on news that the Ford government will table legislation tomorrow to proceed with a take over the TTC subway system, despite the fact that discussions with the City of Toronto are reported to be far from over:

“Doug Ford is ripping up all progress made on TTC transit expansion, causing years of delays and wasting hundreds of millions of already-spent planning dollars — and now he's plowing ahead without even listening to the people who built, paid for, and use the TTC subway system. This is a hostile takeover of the TTC subways.

Freezing out the City of Toronto, and Toronto families and commuters, will have devastating consequences for generations to come. Toronto families deserve a provincial partner at the table working with them, not against them in back rooms. Crushing overcrowding, long waits and frustrating commutes are going to continue if Doug Ford goes ahead with this destructive scheme to enforce his own will on Toronto, again.”