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QUEEN'S PARK — The NDP for Thunder Bay-Superior North is echoing Unifor's concerns about the future of the Alstom plant, charging that Premier Doug Ford broke a promise he made to its employees last year.
She then pointed to the recent awarding of a $9 billion contract to a consortium led by Japan-based Hitachi Rail for the new Ontario subway line in Toronto. Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney replied that the government has invested almost $500 million in the past three years in support of new contracts for the Thunder Bay plant, including 60 new streetcars for the Toronto Transit Commission and the refurbishing of 94 GO bi-level coaches to maintain 300 manufacturing jobs.
She said another major contract for new TTC subway infrastructure – Line Two – is in the works, but the provincial and federal governments have yet to come up with their share of the financing, thereby leaving the project "in limbo." Kevin Holland, the Progressive Consersvative MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, issued a statement reiterating much of what the minister said, most notably that "future phases of procurement for our projects will continue to support good local jobs right here at home, including in Thunder Bay."
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