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   Eric® to All   
   Re: Hamilton Light Rail Killed   
   16 Dec 19 16:41:43   
   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: nil@noemail.null.ca   
      
   In article , none@present.com says...   
   >   
   > No provincial funding for LRT, mayor calls move a 'betrayal' of Hamilton   
   >   
   > The minister pointed the finger at the previous government, saying the   
   > Liberal government publicly promised to fund the total $1 billion needed for   
   > the system, while privately projecting it would cost about $3 billion.   
   >   
   > When she took over as transportation minister, Mulroney said the party hired   
   > a third-party that determined the cost was an "astonishing $5.5 billion."   
   >   
   > "It is frustrating news, but the stark fiscal reality is that the project   
   > will actually cost five times more than the previous government led us all   
   > to believe," her statement reads.   
   >   
   > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/transportation-announcement-1.5397519   
   >   
   > Hamilton still gets $1 billion for transit, but the train is dead.   
      
   You folks need to move your city farther away from Toronto.   
      
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