Guilbeault Fails to Appear Before Transport Committee to Testify on ‘No New Roads’ Policy

Published on March 7, 2024

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault failed to appear at a Commons transport committee hearing March 6, after being summoned to testify about his controversial comments that Ottawa would no longer invest in new road infrastructure. Conservative MP Mark Strahl said in a March 6 social media post that the Mr. Guilbeault and his party “refuse” to answer questions about remarks last month that the federal government had no interest in building new roads. Mr. Strahl, his party’s shadow critic for transport, said that Mr. Guilbeault’s “bombshell” statement would be a “devastating policy” for rural, remote and northern communities that require federal support for road infrastructure....

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