MPs Call For Environment Minister to Appear Before Committee After Remarks on Halting Funding for New Roads

The Conservatives, New Democrats, and Bloc Quebecois are calling for the environment minister to appear before the Commons Transportation Committee following his recent comments indicating that the federal government will stop funding new road infrastructure. “We are writing to request an urgent meeting of the Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities … to discuss the recent comments from the Minister of Environment informing Canadians that there will be no more federal funding for road projects,” reads a letter written to committee chair Liberal MP Peter Schiefke on Feb. 16. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Feb. 12 that Ottawa had “made the decision to stop investing in new road infrastructure” and that funding would be better spent on public transit, active transit such as walking and biking, and projects to fight climate change and adapt to its impacts....