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  Ontario plans $35 billion in infrastructure spending over three years

  Diana Mehta, The Canadian Press 2 May, 2013 1

  TORONTO – Ontario’s minority Liberals used Thursday’s budget to clearly signal their dedication to bolstering the province’s infrastructure by allocating $35 billion in spending over three years, one of the largest commitments to a single e …

• Wynne promises $100M to build roads and bridges in rural, northern Ontario

  Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press 26 Apr, 2013 4

  BARRIE, Ont. – There will be a $100-million fund to build roads and bridges in rural and northern Ontario in next weeks’ provincial budget, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Friday.
  The infrastructure funding for 2013-14 will recognize the  …

• Wynne hints that she won’t hike property taxes to fund transit in Toronto area

  The Canadian Press and Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press 11 Apr, 2013 0

  TORONTO – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne still won’t say how she’ll raise $2 billion annually to improve public transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area, but she’s strongly hinting that she won’t hike property taxes to do it.
  “What …

• Wynne appeals to businesses to help shore up support for public transit funding

  The Canadian Press and Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press 8 Apr, 2013 0

  TORONTO – Business leaders must help shore up support for a contentious provincial plan to raise billions of dollars for public transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday.
  People want to reduce con …

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  I’m not afraid to make GTA transit a major part of election campaign: Wynne

  The Canadian Press and Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press 2 Apr, 2013 0

  TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne says she’s not afraid to fight an election and make transit infrastructure — as well as the politically toxic taxes and levies that would likely go with it — a major part of her platform.
  “I’m prepared  …

• Real estate board says poll supports call to scrap Toronto’s land transfer tax

  The Canadian Press 8 Jun, 2012 0

  TORONTO – Toronto’s real-estate industry says a new poll shows overwhelming support for scrapping a land-transfer tax imposed by the city under a previous mayor.
  Ekos Research collected responses from 9,459 Toronto residents in the city’s  …