Premier Doug Ford says he is sending his “stormtroopers” to Ottawa to “get the money.”
A group of ministers, mostly focused on economic issues, will join the premier on his trip to Ottawa this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Essentially, Ford is turning a scheduled meeting of first ministers into a massive lobbying effort for Ontario.
Ford made the announcement during a fireside chat in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Asked about the expansion of two-way GO Transit train service to the region to help reduce congestion and spur economic growth, Ford said that like many infrastructure projects, there needs to be a federal partner.
“To be very frank, the federal government’s dragging their heels big time on this,” he said.
It’s the sharpest jab I’ve heard from Ford since the federal election when he and Trudeau buried the hatchet after months of Trudeau bashing Ford and the premier not commenting.
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