Well, hat's off to Pierre Poilievre, MP. He secured $35 million in funding for the proposed Strandherd Bridge project in Ottawa. The project has a total cost estimated at $105 million, so the federal money is welcome.
It is especially welcome since the provincial government won't pony up any money for the bridge because they claim, wrongly, that it is not part of a on-again-off-again light rail transit system.
But what's this? Turns out the federal money is not new money? The feds had already approved $200 million for the light rail project that Pierre's fellow Conservative, John "the screamer" Baird, helped to kill last fall. The $35 million is being taken from those yet unused funds.
Thanks Pierre.
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