Ottawa could lose oversight over LRT under Metrolinx, Toronto councillor warns [Video]

Two major provincial party leaders have promised to transfer responsibility for Ottawa’s light rail system to Metrolinx if elected, but some experts in Toronto are warning that they’ve been trying to claw back authority from that same agency.

Metrolinx is the provincial agency responsible for building and maintaining certain public transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Coun. Mike Colle, who represents Toronto’s Eglinton-Lawrence ward, says giving that power to Metrolinx was “the worst thing we ever did.”

He warned the capital could lose oversight over the LRT if Doug Ford or Bonnie Crombie fulfil their campaign vows to “upload” the project to the province. 

“You’re basically giving it away to private contractors that don’t have to answer to the people of …