Guilbeault Tells MPs ‘No More Roads’ Comment Was Misinterpreted

Weeks after the environment minister came under fire for saying Ottawa would no longer invest in new road infrastructure, he repeatedly told a government committee that his comments were misinterpreted and referred exclusively to a project in Quebec. “I was specifically referring to the third link project that links Quebec City and its south shore. I wasn’t speaking of Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg or Vancouver,” Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault told the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee on March 21. Mr. Guilbeault previously said on Feb. 12 that the federal government had decided to stop investing in new road infrastructure. “Of course, we will continue to be there for cities, provinces, and territories to maintain the existing network, but there will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge the road network,” he said during a conference on public transit in Montreal....