Still Waiting: Why Public Transit Infrastructure Must Deliver for Workers and Communities
I’ve fought this fight before. When I was on Hamilton City Council, I stood with transit workers and community advocates to demand that the city’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) system be publicly operated, not handed off to a private consortium.[4] Our campaign made it clear: if public dollars build it, public hands should run it. The same principle must apply to Canada’s high-speed rail, intercity transit, and local transit networks.