Sarkaria named Ontario transportation minister
Caroline Mulroney and Prabmeet Sarkaria are switching roles in Ontario’s provincial cabinet, as Sarkaria becomes transportation minister and Mulroney becomes president of Ontario’s Treasury Board.
Todd McCarthy becomes associate minister of transportation.
The changes came in a weekend cabinet shuffle following the resignation of Housing Minister Steve Clark, in the wake of a controversy surrounding the release of previously protected Greenbelt lands for development.
In a post celebrating National Trucking Week, the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) noted that Mulroney and the government have been “one of the strongest proponents of the trucking industry in recent memory”.
Mulroney had served as transportation minister since June 20, 2019, holding the position through several cabinet shuffles.
Sarkaria represents the Brampton South riding, in the province’s Peel region that is recognized as a hotbed of trucking activity.
He worked as a corporate and commercial associate at Miller Thomson LLP before being elected, and has a law degree from the University of Windsor as well as a bachelor of business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, with a major in finance, according to his website.
The MPP also served on Brampton’s property standards committee and was on the board of directors for Hockey for Humanity and KarmaGrow.
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I hear the Bradford bypass has once again been put on the back burner. This at least has been the third time in thirty years we have had numerous letters about environmental asssessments and routes. Meanwhile our local streets are clogged and broken by traffic that would normally use a bypass. 2 years ago some one who was running for the PC party promised shovels in the ground for last year. Shovels doing what burying all those assessments that ended up in the land fill where they belong! Enough paper build 5he damn thing already and let us locals get some peace from all the traffic. Come on guys get your finger out!
David Ramsay
Now that there is a new Minister, maybe we will get the report on Highway 7 (near Peterborough) that is looking at the number of accidents in the area and what can be done to improve the situation?
I, for one, would like to see a copy of that report since I lost my son in a collision in the area. I’m sure that the McHart family would like to hear the results as well. Of course, there is only one family member left after the collision that took thier lives in that same area.
Stefphanie Hart, Riddick Hart and Jonathan McDonald were all killed in the collision while the only surviving family member may still be in Sick Kids hospital.
I would like to see what the report will determine and what actions will be taken to prevent more tragedy in the area
Un fit road can’t believe plow trucks from emcom have not complained….travel it sometimes..410 hwy from Mayfield too bovaird…the road needs smoothing out and also fix the joints asphalt too concrete….I have too check my dump truck after the experience..
Well looks like Premier Ford is supporting Driver Inc, which eventually will remove about $4 Billion in Tax Revenue from the Federal and Provincial Tax coffers.
Not that we like paying taxes, but there are roads to build along with schools and hospitals.
Perhaps Premier Ford should learn more about Driver Inc and it’s mandate!!!!