Transportation & Transit platforms

Here's what the candidates in Eglinton—Lawrence, and their parties, are promising.

Congestion

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PC

  • Ban congestion charges on Ontario roads and highways

    "Legislation to ban use of congestion pricing on all provincial and municipal roadways, building on previous legislation that banned new tolls on provincial highways." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

We don't have any Liberal policies on Congestion.
We don't have any Green policies on Congestion.

Fuel and transportation costs

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PC

  • Make the gas tax cut permanent

    "Permanently cutting the provincial tax on gas by 5.7 cents per litre and on diesel by 5.3 cents, for total savings of 10.7 cents per litre of gas when combined with the PCs’ cancellation of the Liberal cap-and-trade carbon tax. Since the gas tax cuts were first introduced, the Ontario PCs have saved the average driver more than $400." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Liberal

  • Review provincial auto insurance practices and premiums

    "Undertake a comprehensive review of provincial auto insurance practices and premiums, which have become the most expensive in Canada, in order to bring costs down for consumers, improve accident care and better protect owners from auto theft." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

We don't have any Green policies on Fuel and transportation costs.

Highways and roads

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PC

  • Invest up to $15B more in key capital projects over three years

    "Investing up to $15 billion more over three years to speed up key capital projects, including widening the QEW between Burlington and St. Catharines." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Widen the Queen Elizabeth Way between Burlington and St. Catharines

    "In Niagara Region, Ford said that a re-elected PC government would widen the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) between Burlington and St. Catharines to keep people working and help get drivers out of gridlock." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Remove tolls from Highway 407 East

    "Taking tolls off Highway 407 East, which runs between Brock Road in Pickering and Highway 115 in Clarington, saving daily commuters $7,200 every year." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build a new driver and transit expressway by tunnelling under Highway 401

    "Today, Ontario PC leader Doug Ford announced that a re-elected PC government will fight gridlock, improve economic competitiveness and create new jobs for workers by tunnelling under Highway 401 to build a new driver and transit expressway. As part of the $15 billion in new infrastructure investments to keep people working, a re-elected PC government will also invest more to speed up new transportation infrastructure projects for the region.

    The Highway 401 tunnel expressway will include both vehicle and transit lanes and will extend beyond Brampton and Mississauga in the west to beyond Markham and Scarborough in the east. It will be one of the largest, most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Rehabilitate several of Highway 401's lanes

    "Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound core and collector lanes from Victoria Park Avenue to Neilson Road, including adding an additional lane at the Kennedy Road interchange.

    Rehabilitating Highway 401’s eastbound express lanes from Avenue Road to Ward Avenue, including bridge replacements at the Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue interchanges." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Prioritise new interchanges at Banwell Road and EC. Row Expressway, and at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension

    "In Windsor and Essex, a re-elected PC government will prioritize the construction of a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway, as well as a new interchange at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension that will support trade between the U.S. and Canada." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Take over ownership and maintenance of Highway 174
  • Invest nearly $350M in local infrastructure for Ottawa

    "The New Deal with Ottawa includes nearly $350 million for local infrastructure, including:

    $56 million to upgrade and repair Highway 174 prior to it being uploaded to the province.

    $50 million to upgrade rural roads and highways outside the downtown core.

    More than $50 million to design and build a new interchange at Highway 416 and Barnsdale Road.

    $80 million to support the Kanata North Transitway." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Liberal

  • Invest in municipal and regional road repair and maintenance
  • Widen provincial highways in congested areas
  • Improve winter maintenance of key provincial highways
We don't have any Green policies on Highways and roads.

Inter-city bus and rail

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PC

  • Build multiple new GO rail lines

    "When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide two-way, all-day GO rail service for Milton and Kitchener

Liberal

  • Electrify and increase GO service throught the GTA and southwestern Ontario
We don't have any Green policies on Inter-city bus and rail.

Public transit

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PC

  • Take control of Ottawa's Lite-Rail Transit network, and integrate it with Metrolinx

    "A re-elected PC government would upload the Ottawa LRT, subject to due diligence, and integrate its operations under Metrolinx. This integration would create new opportunities to reduce costs and improve services through greater economies of scale and expertise in managing large projects, particularly as the LRT project completes Stage 2 and begins Stage 3 expansion." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Build multiple new GO rail lines

    "When fully realized, GO 2.0 would support the creation of multiple new lines, including a line running through mid-town Toronto, a line from Bolton to Union Station via Woodbridge and Etobicoke, as well as extensions and improvements to existing lines, including Richmond Hill." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Move up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC's Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave E & McGowan Rd

    "Moving up the Sheppard East subway extension to connect the TTC’s Line 4 with the Scarborough Subway Extension at Sheppard Ave. East and McCowan Road." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

  • Provide two-way, all-day GO rail service for Milton and Kitchener
  • Seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in the Peel Region to free up existing rails for passenger train service

    "Working in partnership with the federal government, CPKC and CN to ensure continued and reliable freight rail access throughout the region, a re-elected PC government would seek to build a freight rail bypass along the Highway 407 corridor in Peel Region that would take freight rail around the City of Toronto to reduce congestion and free up existing rail capacity for passenger train service." — ontariopc.ca, retrieved 2025-02-19

Liberal

  • Take ownership of the Ottawa LRT and expand it
  • Electrify and increase GO service throught the GTA and southwestern Ontario
  • Hire 300 more special constables for the TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinks, and other major transit providers

    "Hire an additional 300 special constables for TTC, OC Transpo, Metrolinx and other major transit service providers across the province." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Provide operational funding for safety equipment like cameras for transit services
  • Install platform doors in all TTC subway stations
We don't have any Green policies on Public transit.