Prabmeet Sarkaria

Ford's government legalized speed cameras in 2019, then banned them in 2025 — ignoring peer-reviewed evidence that they cut school-zone speeding by 45% — after his own cabinet ministers' vehicles racked up 23 speed camera tickets and hit stunt-driving speeds.

As Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria was the lead minister defending the province-wide speed camera ban. He dismissed peer-reviewed evidence from SickKids/TMU showing cameras reduced speeding by 45% in school zones, rejected compromise proposals from 22 mayors and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, and oversaw the implementation of Bill 56's camera prohibition.

Doug Ford spent $28.9 million in taxpayer money on a private jet — then reversed the decision 48 hours later after a public backlash, announcing the province would sell the aircraft "as quickly as possible." Ford made no reference to his 2019 boast that he was the only premier in history to refuse a government plane, and the financial cost of the reversal — including any cancellation penalties or resale loss — has not been disclosed.

As Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria holds the portfolio covering aviation and transportation infrastructure — including the Billy Bishop Airport expansion that would enable jet operations from downtown Toronto. His ministry's mandate directly overlaps with both the jet purchase and the waterfront airport seizure announced months earlier.

Doug Ford's government introduced Bill 110 to seize all of Little Norway Park — a children's playground and waterfront green space beside two schools and a daycare — to expand Billy Bishop Airport into a jet hub, with no plan, no environmental assessment, and no guarantee the park won't become a parking lot.

As Ontario Transportation Minister, Sarkaria introduced Bill 110 on April 23, 2026 — the legislation to expropriate City of Toronto land at Billy Bishop Airport, including all of Little Norway Park, for jet expansion. He stated the seized parkland "would remain a park" despite the bill's PINs listing its entirety, and that the province would narrow the schedule "as it becomes clearer what land is needed" — without publishing an amended schedule.

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 Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria introduced and champions Bill 98's transit takeover provisions, which he branded "One Fare 2.0." The bill's Schedule 4 transfers fare-setting authority, service standards, and route designation powers from the TTC Board and Toronto City Council directly to the Minister of Transportation — his own office.

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 Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria is the minister responsible for Metrolinx, the agency that wrote off $504 million on GO Expansion signalling work.