Ontario Hansard - 02-December2009

Mr. Peter Tabuns: My question is for the Minister of Transportation. For weeks, the Toronto Star has been showing how Ontario drivers are being taken to the cleaners by the Highway 407 toll company. Billed incorrectly, charged sky-high interest rates, pursued for 15-year-old charges, even stripped of their driver's licences, Ontario's drivers are incensed and want action. Why did the minister sell out Ontario's drivers in the 2006 settlement with 407 ETR?

The Speaker (Hon. Steve Peters): Thank you. Supplementary?

Mr. Peter Tabuns: The history is an interesting diversion. The reality is that this government issued a press release in 2006 talking about the wonderful deal that it had settled with 407 ETR and talking about protection for drivers, and in fact what it did was sell drivers down the river. This government abandoned its responsibilities. When is it going to take back the initiative and actually act to protect drivers?