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I am furious! So the province allows Milton to grow, to point where it's the fastest growing community consistently for 10 years, yet they're constantly dropping the ball. The make an announcement and the then retreat from it. Are we not going to get a highway expansion too? Is all day GO train service not coming either? I think we should stop expanding and allowing more people to move to a community where there isn't enough jobs to support the demographic of people moving here. Not having a hospital big enough to support the existing and future population is dangerous and morally wrong. It puts the community at risk in my opinion.

From today's Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/pol ... le2376005/

"Multiple sources have confirmed that the cuts to funding for previously announced hospital projects will be part of a broader scale-back of infrastructure spending that Finance Minister Dwight Duncan hinted at last week."

"Hospital developments for which shovels are already in the ground will be spared. But the lengthy list of commitments still in the planning stage – which includes a new hospital in Vaughan, a tripling of the size of the hospital in the fast-growing city of Milton, major additions to the Mount Sinai and St. Michael’s hospitals in downtown Toronto, and a redevelopment of the general hospital in Brockville – will be subject to the belt-tightening."


I am furious! So the province allows Milton to grow, to point where it's the fastest growing community consistently for 10 years, yet they're constantly dropping the ball. The make an announcement and the then retreat from it. Are we not going to get a highway expansion too? Is all day GO train service not coming either? I think we should stop expanding and allowing more people to move to a community where there isn't enough jobs to support the demographic of people moving here. Not having a hospital big enough to support the existing and future population is dangerous and morally wrong. It puts the community at risk in my opinion.

From today's Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/pol ... le2376005/

"Multiple sources have confirmed that the cuts to funding for previously announced hospital projects will be part of a broader scale-back of infrastructure spending that Finance Minister Dwight Duncan hinted at last week."

"Hospital developments for which shovels are already in the ground will be spared. But the lengthy list of commitments still in the planning stage – which includes a new hospital in Vaughan, a tripling of the size of the hospital in the fast-growing city of Milton, major additions to the Mount Sinai and St. Michael’s hospitals in downtown Toronto, and a redevelopment of the general hospital in Brockville – will be subject to the belt-tightening."


I am furious! So the province allows Milton to grow, to point where it's the fastest growing community consistently for 10 years, yet they're constantly dropping the ball. The make an announcement and the then retreat from it. Are we not going to get a highway expansion too? Is all day GO train service not coming either? I think we should stop expanding and allowing more people to move to a community where there isn't enough jobs to support the demographic of people moving here. Not having a hospital big enough to support the existing and future population is dangerous and morally wrong. It puts the community at risk in my opinion.

Thanks for the post and comments Andrew and others. I share the same position. The Region is holding a public meeting this afternoon regarding the new development charges by-law where there is requests to reduce DC's and road construction for the area by builders, where I will be raising these concerns.

Councillor Lambert, the Mayor and I raised the same concerns Monday night at the Milton Administration & Planning committee that the Province is turning its back on Milton even after approving the new Regional and Town Official Plan's last December for Milton to grow to 238,000 residents by the year 2031.

If the province cannot afford to build hospitals to serve existing and growing communities, how can it build schools and transportation networks to keep up with the growth as well considering the huge amount of tax dollars coming from this area in terms of sales, gas, registration and other taxes and licences for not only new construction but also expanding employment areas.

You can email or call our local MPP Ted Chudleigh and Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn who is the only government member from Halton with your comments and concerns on this and other issues.

Colin Best
Local & regional councillor
Wards 2,3,45, North of Derry road.
Milton/Halton

Would the announcement have been different if the Liberal candidate had won the election? Alas, we will never know.