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| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
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| Bob Green Innes |
Yes |
The easy answer to this is to boost Hamilton based employment, GO train ridership and HOV lane usage and reduce the road-rail imbalance mentioned in my previous answer. The basic problem is that gasoline is too cheap and drivers don't feel any pressure to drive less or drive smaller cars. In real terms, the price is not much different than when I got out of school in the sixties and much cheaper than when the oil embargo hit and people really had to switch to smaller cars. While the party I represent doesn't have an official position on this, I believe the answer is to resolve the basic war-supported, gas-guzzling therefore unsustainable nature of this situation rather than trying to penalize ordinary people by invasive measures such as a congestion charge or disruptive measures such as a carbon tax. A good first step might be a sprawl freeze and /or speculation tax. |
| Mark Cripps |
Yes |
Expand public transit to reach areas like Stoney Creek and Winona. I am a firm believer that expanded public transit is the answer to gridlock. Some people will always drive cars, but reliable, fast and efficient public transit is an important and necessary alternative. |
| Paul Miller |
Yes |
The cost of congestion in the GTA is $5 billion annually. Ontario’s NDP recognizes that we need to provide convenient and affordable transit options to busy Ontario families by putting transit plans back on track.
In the coming weeks, we’ll be announcing more on our plans to tackle the gridlock issue. |
| W. Peter Randall |
Yes |
Publicly accessible and affordable mass transit is the answer. |
