Hardworking taxpayers in Ottawa are paying for better services in Toronto, while their own services continue to deteriorate. My Ontario Liberal Caucus colleagues from Ottawa and I used every opportunity in Question Period on May 26th to ask the Ford Conservative government why Ottawa is always ignored.

We need more than photo-ops and old announcements, The upload of Ottawa’s LRT was promised last year and the upload of Highway 174 was promised two years ago. Zero progress has been made on both…

When the Premier came to Ottawa two years ago, he made a clear promise to the residents of Orléans: the province would upload Highway 174. People believed him, including the Mayor and Councillors. Two years later, nothing has happened.

“What is being communicated publicly by the politicians — which is that the upload is happening — is not what the agreement says,” Blais said. “Since neither the province nor the city is being particularly transparent about it, it’s difficult for the public and for people who are not getting private briefings to have a clear understanding as to the status of things.”

Earlier this summer, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) approved work to begin widening Highway 17 up to the Ottawa border, where Highway 17 becomes Highway 174…

On a per capita basis, the City of Toronto is getting much more support from the Premier than we are….

Stephen met with dozens of rural municipal leaders at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) annual meeting.  From infrastructure to…

I asked the Premier if his government will re-upload HWY 174 back to provincial responsibility just as he’s agreed to…

QUEEN’S PARK – Stephen Blais, MPP for Orléans, and Liberal critic for Transportation and Infrastructure, today introduced the Uploading Highways…