Elections
Do you support regional GO transit expansion, including all-day two-way GO train service to Hamilton?
Responses to the question: "Do you support regional GO transit expansion, including all-day two-way GO train service to Hamilton?"
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3 Candidate Responses (top)
| Hamilton Mountain | ||
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| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
| Greg Lenko | Yes | GO transit should be expanded to include all-day two-way GO train service to Hamilton and extend further East to include St Catharines and Niagara Falls during rush hour year round. At present there is only train service extending to Niagara Falls in the summer months. There should also be GO service that extends beyond the airport to Caledonia and Hagersville as there are many people that work in Hamilton and live in these areas. Extended GO service will only serve to make Hamilton that much more desirable for new residents and businesses. The average daily commute time in the GTHA is 80 minutes long. That's the equivalent of eight 40-hour work weeks annually or about seven years in a working lifetime. How great would it be to be able to do something you enjoy rather than commute to and from work for 7 years? Another concept I would like to mention is free rail transit. Studies from other countries indicate that a free rail transit system would decrease other costs such as health care and road maintenance sufficiently enough that money saved from these areas could be used to pay for transit to the point where it could be free. More study and research should be given to this concept. |
| Hans Wienhold | No | Until the province gets it's astronomical debt ( $295.8 Billion) paid off I do not support the discussion of any new massive spending projects.
Ultimately, I would like to see Government Incorporated monopoly enterprises completely dismantled and replaced by a truly democratic system of consumer sovereignty. The current system of coercive government monopoly provision of goods and services should be replaced by a system of direct democracy where the people rule. The only true and workable system of direct democracy is that where the people vote, not with ballots, but with dollars. Their "representatives" would no longer be lying, manipulative, bullying politicians, but the people who are actually willing to put their own money where their mouths are, I.E. capitalists. |
| Monique Taylor | Yes | Yes. The Ontario NDP supports regional GO transit expansion, including all day, two-way GO train service to Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Niagara Falls. We have allocated an additional $250 million to prioritize these essential transit projects.
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Response Summary (top)
| Brief Response | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2 | 66.7% |
| No | 1 | 33.3% |
| Maybe | 0 | 0.0% |
3 Candidates Have Not Responded (top)
| Hamilton Mountain | ||
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| Albert Marshall | ||
| Brian Goodwin | ||
| Javid Mirza | ||
