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Andrea Hazell
Liberal MPP and transit critic at the Ontario Legislature. Hazell worked alongside NDP transit critic Tom Rakocevic to oppose Bill 98's transit takeover provisions at the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.
Connected Scandals
Ford's Bill 98 strips Toronto and the TTC Board of all authority over fares, service standards, and transit governance — handing the Minister of Transportation unchecked power to set prices, zones, and routes for the first time in over a century. Transit workers, riders, city council, and even TTC management are unanimous in opposition, but Ford's majority means the bill will pass.
As Liberal transit critic, Hazell joined the NDP in opposing Bill 98's removal of TTC Board authority over fares and service standards at committee. She supported amendments seeking to limit the province's transit control powers.
Metrolinx's draft annual report quietly discloses that the agency is writing off $504 million spent on Union Station signalling work begun in 2013 — work it paused in 2023 after discovering it was incompatible with the GO Expansion program it was meant to serve.
Liberal MPP who also wrote to the Auditor General requesting scrutiny of Metrolinx over the $504 million GO Expansion write-off.