GLOVER: Ford eyes Toronto’s waterfront while Ontario’s health care and education systems crumble

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario NDP MPP Chris Glover (Spadina—Fort York) says Doug Ford’s plan to seize Billy Bishop Airport from the City of Toronto could undermine decades of work on Toronto’s waterfront.

“Doug Ford has a record of colossal failures,” said Glover. “The Eglinton Crosstown LRT opened seven years late and $8 billion over budget. He closed the Science Centre instead of repairing the roof, and destroyed the West Island to give a $2.2 billion taxpayer subsidy for a private spa at Ontario Place. Ontarians have no reason to believe this won't be more of the same.

“Meanwhile, Ontario’s health care system is crumbling, and Ford’s OSAP cuts are handing an entire generation of students a lifetime debt sentence to get an education. Why aren’t these things his highest priority?

“Ontario needs properly-funded schools and hospitals. If the Premier wants to make our province an economic powerhouse, he should start by reversing his OSAP cuts, and investing in our economic future.”