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March 2004
Newsletter
Martin Chooses Expressway MPs
Tony Valeri, Martin's choice
for federal Transport Minister.
Photo from the Globe & Mail.
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The Hamilton cabinet positions handed out by new Prime Minister Paul Martin went to the only local MPs who have been very vocal supporters of the Red Hill Creek Expressway.
In the past, Tony Valeri and Stan Keyes even attacked their own government for requiring a federal environmental assessment of the expressway. In contrast, MP John Bryden spoke out against the expressway, MP Beth Phinney has been quiet on the issue, and MP Sheila Copps has been repeatedly accused of being opposed to the expressway.
None of these three were invited into Martin's cabinet. The decision to make Valeri the federal Transport Minister obviously does not bode well for the environment or transit in Hamilton or elsewhere in the country.
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