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Jennifer French
Jennifer French is the NDP MPP for Oshawa and the party's transit and infrastructure critic. She pressed for Metrolinx accountability over the GO Expansion program, saying in a June 11, 2025 statement that the procurement had "collapsed in secret," and continued to demand transparency in a July 24, 2025 statement after Metrolinx faced lawsuits tied to the program.
Connected Scandals
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.
As the NDP's transit and infrastructure critic, French pressed for Metrolinx accountability over the GO Expansion, calling the procurement collapse a secret and demanding transparency after lawsuits emerged.