This is what I tried to mention. The aftermath of Bill 23 is a lot of those municipalities are a lot more cash-poor when it comes to the idea of major infrastructure projects. That’s where I worry about consultants playing a role of saying, “Well, do you know what? You don’t have to put all your money from your community down in one go. Fund us on a rental basis as a consortium for 30 years, and we will pull this off for you.” It didn’t work out very well for us in Ottawa. It didn’t.

I will say to Metrolinx—I’m just reading between the lines, and a member of the government can clarify if I’m right—it’s almost like this bill is kind of a vote of non-confidence in Metrolinx, because we’re talking about a station administration fee for municipalities to build infrastructure that Metrolinx should be building. It is absolutely astounding.

Again, I really hope to not see Mr. Verster in his role by next week. I would really like to see the Premier barge into that office and say, “Hey, it’s time for some change here.”

In the Wheel-Trans example, going to York region, as long as there is reciprocal availability of that service and it doesn’t rely on service differences or quality differences, it’s kosher according to the collective agreement. Somebody is telling the government otherwise, and we’re going to have a discussion this week about what ends up—but the objective we share is the same. We want someone to get on a bus in Durham and get dropped off in Scarborough and not at the border.

The member from University–Rosedale told the story about a baggage handler at Pearson that used to have to sleep in their car because couldn’t afford the double fare. I mean, that’s ridiculous. We can fix that.

There’s something we can do right now and that’s change the chair at the top. The leadership really matters. All of the other consultants in that building, if they want to work for the province in good faith to build things, and I want to believe in my heart most of them do—having a new leader at the top, signalling, “We are going to get this done. It is going to be safely built.”

But 260 deficiencies at the Eglinton Crosstown, all the way to the rails being improperly installed, station platforms being broken up and taken away in bulldozers? The Premier has to get these consultants in line. The Premier has to start cleaning some house at Metrolinx and getting to the bottom of this mess. That can happen right now.