PC Leader Doug Ford reiterates northern commitments

Ontario’s PC Leader says they will give the north a loud and strong voice at Queen’s Park.

Doug Ford was at a meet and greet event in North Bay this morning (Thursday) with PC Incumbent candidate Vic Fedeli and touched on a host of commitments for the region.

“We aren’t going to forget about you, no matter if it’s passenger rail, economics, making sure we put money back into their pockets, instead of the government’s pocket, reducing the hydro rates, getting rid of the carbon tax to attract businesses,” he said.

He was asked specifically about passenger rail.

“We’re going to make sure that we get the Northlander up and going, it’s important to the people of the north, they feel stranded,” he says.

Fedeli says they’ve budgeted $30-million for the purchase of cars and $15-million a year in an annual subsidy.

“Of course it’ll be sustainable, it’s important that we have rail transportation back in the north. Just because the Liberals pulled it and the NDP supported them in that budget, doesn’t mean that it’s not the right thing to do,” he says.

Ford says on top of the previously announced resource revenue sharing, developing the Ring Of Fire is a priority and they’ll cut the aviation fuel tax.

A handful of protesters (pictured below) gathered across the street from the meet and greet this morning.

(With files and photos from BayToday.ca)