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A quick question to council | LRT

Dev Team
15 Jul 2014

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Are you in favour of spending any municipal dollars for a light rail system in Hamilton if the Province asks council to do so?

urbanicity sent this quick question to City Council. They were given a week to reply. Six councillors replied. Their responses have be printed verbatim.

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Brian McHattie (Ward 1 Councillor, Mayoral Candidate)

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a response on this.

My comment is below.
“Since 2007 and particularly through the recent provincial election, the Ontario Liberals have committed to provide 100% capital funding for rapid transit in Hamilton, based on Council’s will. I’m eager to work with the Province on fleshing out the details around how to keep that funding commitment and complete the LRT in a timely fashion.”

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Sam Merulla (Ward 4 Councillor)

I strongly support LRT and will continue to focus my efforts and energy on issues that are tangibly before us for discussion. I look forward to continuing to aggressively lobby the province to implement the funding strategy for LRT that was offered by the Province of Ontario and unanimously supported by Hamilton City Council accordingly.

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Chad Collins (Ward 5)

Hi Kristel, I favour the Toronto funding model where the Province paid 100% of the costs. As such, my answer is No.

Thank you.

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Tom Jackson (Ward 6)

Thanks Kristel for the opportunity to reply. To your singular question, my answer is…”NO”. Hope this helps and bye for now, Councillor Jackson…..[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4345″ style=”vc_box_circle” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]

Russ Powers (Ward 13)

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Judi Partridge (Ward 15)

To your question, the short answer is no I would not be supportive of spending Hamilton municipal taxpayers dollars on Light Rail Transit if requested by the Province.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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