I m here to face challenges head-on. I believe we need to ask how and where we can expand our highway system. I read an article in The Globe and Mail not long ago about a man who s been commuting into Toronto from Richmond Hill since 1986. It used to take him 20 minutes to get to work. Now it takes twice as long.
Gridlock means more time on the road and less time with our families.
But this is just one of the challenges of unplanned growth. If we don t plan growth properly, we will face more gridlock and parking problems. Our schools and hospitals will suffer. And our parks will be in the wrong place. Inefficient growth also means higher infrastructure costs.