A New Democrat MPP is blasting the Ford government for suggesting “the current state of treacherous and poorly maintained winter roads in northern Ontario is good enough for northerners.”
Jamie West recently made the comment during debate in the Ontario Legislature.
The Sudbury representative says winter road maintenance on Highway 17 and 11 is putting lives of children, families and workers at risk.
West says Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli often lobbied as a member of the opposition for changes to clearing practices but is now contending as a member of the governing party that northern highways are already cleared often enough, and praised previous cuts to the do the Ministry of Transportation department.
West says “People are white-knuckled on unplowed, icy highways, and it’s even scarier when it’s your kids out there.”
He adds “Families don’t want to hear about the dollars supposedly saved by making us less safe”
