Transit, Transportation, & Infrastructure platforms

Here's what the candidates in Spadina—Harbourfront, and their parties, are promising.

Electric vehicles

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Conservative
  • Exclude electric vehicles made in China from federal rebates

    "End federal rebates for made-in-China EVs to protect Canadian auto workers and our national security." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Cancel the planned requirement that 20% of passenger vehicles must be zero-emissions by 2026

Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • EV are an imp part of the future but not necessary better for the environment when you include the entire cost from mining the rare earth minerals to battery landfills.
  • Green technologies, including EVs, are inefficient corporate welfare that distorts markets. We must abolish subsidies for green technology.
  • Private sector innovation should drive solutions without government handout.
  • PPC would oppose the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, which mandates 100% ZEV sales by 2035. It’s an overreach that restricts consumer choice.
  • “top-down policymaking at its worst.” The credit system compelling automakers to sell ZEVs or face fines, viewing it as government coercion.

Liberal
  • Support building thousands of new electric vehicle charging stations by 2027
  • Look into reintroducing a purchase incentive worth up to $5,000

NDP
  • Extend federal rebates for new electric vehicles up to $5,000
  • Double rebates for electric vehicles made in Canada to $10,000
  • Exclude electric vehicles made in China or by Tesla from EV rebates

    "And EVs made in China or by companies like Tesla that undermine Canada’s national interest and economic security will be excluded." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Green
  • Ban the sale of internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2030
  • Exempt new and used zero-emission vehicles from federal sales tax
  • Expand electric vehicle charging stations at all federal facilities and parking lots

Electricity

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Electricity.

Liberal
  • Work with provinces and territories to build out an East-West electricity grid

    "working with provinces and territories to build out an East-West electricity grid, in a historic nation-building project, to secure Canadians’ access to affordable, reliable, clean, Canadian electricity;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Invest in conventional and clean energy to reduce reliance on the United States

    "investing in Canada’s conventional and clean energy potential, so we can reduce our reliance on the United States and build trading relationships with reliable partners." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

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"Build out Canada’s east-west electricity grid, a nation-building transmission project developed with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, and stakeholders. This commitment will unleash clean growth across the country, connecting more homes and businesses to the power of clean electricity and attracting new investments in resource projects. And we will open new markets for large electricity producers in Canada, such as Hydro-Québec and Manitoba Hydro, and enhance connectivity to low-emissions electricity needed for industry and the broader economy to reach net-zero emissions. This effort will strengthen our energy security and build Canada into one economy." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

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NDP
  • Start work on an east-west clean energy grid

    "We would start work on an East-West clean energy grid—a major country-building infrastructure project that could deliver affordable, clean and secure energy to people and businesses across the country." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

    "We recognize that clean electricity will be critical to building a competitive economy that supports people in local communities. We will aim to power Canada with net-zero electricity by 2035, moving to 100% non-emitting electricity by 2045. To support this goal we will bring together provinces and terriroties to prioritize the building of an East-West interprovincial power grid." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Aim for a net-zero electricity grid by 2035
  • Aim for a 100% non-emitting electricity grid by 2045

Green
  • Swiftly transition to a fully renewable electricity system

    "Swiftly transition Canada to a fully renewable electricity system by eliminating coal, oil, and gas-fired power generation." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Invest in solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy; and modernised transmission, smart grids, and energy storage systems
  • Implement a National Electrical Grid Strategy to connect regional and provincial grids

    "Implement a National Electrical Grid Strategy to connect and modernize regional grids, improve interprovincial energy sharing, and ensure renewable electricity can flow efficiently across the country." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Expand access to community-owned renewable microgrids for northern and remote communities

    "Support northern and remote communities in transitioning off diesel by expanding access to community-owned renewable microgrids, tailored to local needs and priorities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ban new nuclear development

    "Ban new nuclear development and direct federal investment exclusively to proven, cost-effective renewable energy solutions." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Infrastructure investment

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Conservative
  • Build an all-season road from Yellowknife to Grays Bay

    "Build the Arctic Security Corridor from Yellowknife, N.W.T. to Grays Bay, Nunavut. This will include a 600 km all-season road from Yellowknife to Grays Bay and a strategic upgrade to the Port of Grays Bay." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Support remote-area internet connectivity

    "Supporting remote-area internet connectivity so every Canadian has reliable access to news." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal
  • Work with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners on a corridor for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity

    "Develop a trade and energy corridor, along with provinces, territories, and Indigenous partners, for transport, energy, critical minerals, and digital connectivity, including through the Trade Diversification Corridor Fund;" — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-16

  • Set Buy Canadian standards for federal infrastructure funding, including maximising use of Canadian steel, aluminum, and forestry products
  • Invest in northern infrastructure, including a new hydroelectricity project and other energy projects, new port projects, railways, airstrips, and highways, and housing stock

    "Invest in Northern infrastructure, including a new hydroelectricity project and other energy projects, so that people have access to safe, reliable energy; improve housing stock, accelerate housing development, and meet growing housing demand. We will also invest in new port projects, railways, airstrips, and highways, all with dual-use capabilities. This work will be undertaken with Arctic and Northern Indigenous partners." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Jointly identify projects of national interest with provinces, territories, and Indigenous peoples, and fast-track them

    "Protect our economic sovereignty by unlocking projects that grow our economy. We will work with provinces and territories and Indigenous Peoples to establish a list of nation-building projects that span provincial and territorial boundaries and deliver major economic and strategic benefits to Canadians. Long project approval timelines in Canada create significant investment uncertainty, hindering the rapid response needed to address today’s global economic shifts. We will prioritize funding and assessment resources for these projects on an expedited basis." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

NDP
  • Invest $4B over 4 years to top up the Building Canada Fund
  • Offer "Canada Victory Bonds" for people to invest in the country's economy

    "And we would offer Canada Victory Bonds as an opportunity for everyday Canadians to invest in the rebuilding of our economy." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Make Community Benefits Agreements between community, labour, governments, and employers for all federally-funded infrastructure projects

    "Local communities should receive the economic benefits and jobs from low-carbon projects. Community Benefits Agreements between community, labour, governments and employers for all federally-funded infrastructure projects will ensure communities get what they need to prosper." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Create a Northern Infrastructure Fund

Green
  • Ensure federal infrastructure projects use Canadian resources first
  • Invest in broadband expansion for rural businesses

    "Ensure affordable, accessible internet nationwide with investments in broadband expansion for rural businesses." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Invest in east-west Canadian trade infrastructure, like railroads, roads, and energy transmission lines

    "Invest in East-West Canadian trade infrastructure. Improve rail, roads, and energy transmission lines to strengthen internal markets and reduce reliance on U.S. exports." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Intercity transportation

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Conservative
  • Help fund a third link for the Québec City region

    "Third link: A Conservative government is committed to helping fund a third link, a project that is essential for the mobility, safety and economic development of the greater Quebec City region." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Liberal
  • Build high-speed rail to connect communities between Windsor and Québec City
  • Direct the Canadian Transportation Agency to develop a plan to address accessibility concerns on aircraft and other modes of transport

    "Direct the Canadian Transportation Agency to develop a plan to address persistent complaints about accessibility on aircraft and other modes of transportation." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Consider contributing to the George Massey Tunnel, Edmonton-Calgary passenger rail, the Québec City Tramway, the Grays Bay Port and Road Project, and twinning the Trans-Canada Highway

    "Invest to build infrastructure that connects Canada, breaks down barriers, and brings people and economies closer together. We will work with all orders of government and Indigenous Peoples on critical infrastructure that connects communities. These could include contributions to projects such as the George Massey Tunnel that connects Richmond to Delta; supporting Alberta’s work on Edmonton to Calgary passenger rail; the Québec City Tramway; the Grays Bay Port and Road Project connecting the Arctic Ocean to Yellowknife and into southern Canada; and other projects such as the twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

  • Invest an additional $250M in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund to lower costs and support developing, expanding, and operating local, regional, and cross-Canada transit

    "Make rural and small communities more affordable and accessible through investing an additional $250 million in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund. By working with provinces and territories, we will lower costs and further support the development, expansion, and operation of local, regional, and cross-Canada transit and bus solutions that help Canadians get to work, school, medical appointments, and visit loved ones." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

NDP
  • Work with rural communities to reestablish bus routes abandoned by Greyhound
  • Create public, high-speed rail across Canada starting with the Quebec-Windsor corridor and Edmonton-Calgary-Banff

Green
  • Build high-speed rail in the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec and Calgary-Edmonton corridors
  • Make rail the hub of transit networks, with light rail and electric bus connections in every city and region
  • Pass the VIA Rail Act to protect passenger rail services and ensure reliable public transit between major cities
  • Invest in dedicated passenger rail lines to expand high-frequency VIA Rail service and prioritise passengers over freight
  • Support regional rail and rural transit expansion
  • Increase regional rail funding, with long-term investments to strengthen national rail networks
  • Nationalise CN

    "Nationalize Canada’s freight rail line (CN) as public infrastructure to ensure efficient, climate-friendly transport and economic resilience. To ensure service for Canadian farmers and ensure passenger rail has priority over freight" — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Re-route freight rail tracks away from populated areas and strengthen rail safety regulations
  • Develop a Green Freight Transport program with logistics industries to cut emissions from trucking and shipping

Municipal infrastructure

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Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • Urban planning concept, aims to ensure residents can access daily necessities (work, healthcare, education, shopping, leisure) within a 15-minute walk, bike ride, or public transit trip.
  • https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11
  • Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal to address climate change through science-based, equitable urban policies. Reinventing Cities competition and 15-minute city frameworks, focus on net-zero, resilient neighborhoods.
  • PPC’s opposition to centralized control, globalist organizations, and policies restricting freedom suggests a strong rejection of 15-minute cities, especially as promoted by C40 Cities
  • PPC opposes initiatives tied to global organizations like the WEF, UN, or C40 Cities, which it views as undermining national sovereignty.
  • Reject WEF-backed digital ID systems (e.g., Known Traveller Digital Identity). and Reject “globalist dystopia” & C40’s 15-minute city programs as WEF-influenced control mechanisms
  • https://sdgs.un.org/

Liberal
  • Invest $2B in building municipal infrastructure, prioritising municipalities that make progress on housing

    "Build community infrastructure that brings communities together. We will engage with municipalities that make progress on housing first." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

NDP
  • Support provinces to build infrastructure needed for housing growth, like water, transit, and public services, with $2B/year

    "The Communities First Fund will support provinces in building the infrastructure needed for growth – like water, transit, and public services." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Green
  • Create a fund to expand bike lanes, pedestrian infrastructure, and municipal bike-share programmes

    "Create a National Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Fund to expand bike lanes, pedestrian infrastructure, and municipal bike-share programs." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Prioritise walking, cycling, and transit in city planning, reducing car dependency
  • Expand urban biodiversity initiatives, expanding tree canopy coverage, pollinator-friendly landscapes, and naturalised green spaces in cities

    "Investin urban biodiversity initiatives, expanding tree canopy coverage, pollinator-friendly landscapes, and naturalized green spaces in cities. Require biodiversity action plans for all major cities, integrating urban ecosystems into climate resilience planning." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

Public transit

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Conservative
  • Not fund the Québec City tramway

    "Quebec City tramway: A Conservative government will not fund the construction of the Quebec City tramway, a costly and unpopular project." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Gilbert Joseph Jubinville

PPC candidate in your district
  • I have personally worked on the Hurontario Light Rail Transit project. It should not have cost billions to build.
  • PPC will focus heavily on reducing federal government spending, promoting individual freedom to chose how to commute. Limiting federal involvement in areas they consider provincial or local jurisdiction

Liberal
  • Invest an additional $250M in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund to lower costs and support developing, expanding, and operating local, regional, and cross-Canada transit

    "Make rural and small communities more affordable and accessible through investing an additional $250 million in the Rural Transit Solutions Fund. By working with provinces and territories, we will lower costs and further support the development, expansion, and operation of local, regional, and cross-Canada transit and bus solutions that help Canadians get to work, school, medical appointments, and visit loved ones." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-21

NDP
  • Work with provinces and municipalities to double public transit ridership by 2035
  • Expand the Canada Public Transit Fund, which currently gives money to municipalities to fund capital projects, to include operations funding as well

    "We will work with provinces and municipalities with a goal of doubling public transit ridership by 2035, including expanding the Canada Public Transit Fund to include operations funding." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

  • Support provinces to build infrastructure needed for housing growth, like water, transit, and public services, with $2B/year

    "The Communities First Fund will support provinces in building the infrastructure needed for growth – like water, transit, and public services." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19

Green
  • Adopt a National Transportation Strategy to reach zero-carbon public ground transportation across Canada by 2040
  • Commit to a permanent, dedicated federal public transit fund annually starting in 2026
  • Require all federally-funded transit projects to purchase only zero-emission buses

    "Require all federally funded transit projects to purchase only zero-emission buses to accelerate the transition away from diesel." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Allow cities to use federal transit funding for operations, including hiring drivers, increasing service frequency, and reducing fares
  • Provide an annual federal transfer to municipalities to support free public transit

    "Advocate for user-fee-free public transit, with an annual federal transfer to municipalities." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Support discounted public transit fares for youth

    "Support preferential public transit tariffs for youth and ensure safe, accessible transit options for seniors." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require all passenger ferries to convert to electric or hybrid systems
  • Introduce fair tax measures to encourage sustainable mobility choices, including public transit use and active transportation


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