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.

Doug Ford is using Bill 5's Special Economic Zone powers to seize the City of Toronto's land at Billy Bishop Airport and force through a jet expansion banned by the 1983 tripartite agreement — bypassing municipal consent, blocking thousands of planned Portlands homes, and benefiting a private terminal owner whose lobbyist is a former senior Ford aide.

Ontario Minister of Transportation; confirmed the province has no plans to return the expropriated Billy Bishop land despite the federal rejection of the expansion plan.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation struck a deal with MGE Niagara Entertainment Inc. to end its exclusive right to operate casinos in the Niagara gaming bundle, opening a procurement later in 2026 for new casino operators under the Ford government's "Destination Niagara" plan. No compensation figure was disclosed.

Minister of Transportation; co-announced the deal alongside the Destination Niagara transportation commitments, including twinning the QEW Garden City Skyway and $10 million for Niagara District Airport expansion.

Ford's Bill 212 ordered the removal of 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes in Toronto — overriding the city's elected council — then added a clause barring any cyclist who is injured or killed as a result from suing the province. The Ontario Superior Court found this violates the Charter right to life. The judge explicitly cited the immunity clause as the government's own acknowledgment that people would be seriously hurt. On August 14, 2026, the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned that ruling, clearing the way for removals.

As Ontario's Minister of Transportation, Sarkaria heads the ministry responsible for the Bill 212 bike lane removals — roughly 19 kilometres on Bloor, Yonge and University — which the Court of Appeal cleared to proceed on August 14, 2026.

A Trillium review found at least five government announcements since mid-May 2026 where Premier Doug Ford appeared at official "Protect Ontario" podiums without any media advisory being issued. Reporters only learned the events had happened once photos and videos were posted online.

As Transportation Minister, Sarkaria appeared at four of the un-advertised podium events catalogued by The Trillium: the July 31, 2026 start of construction on the second of three Scarborough Subway Extension stations, July 10, 2026 remarks on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, the July 8, 2026 shipbuilding funding announcement, and the May 22, 2026 video marking the start of construction on the Bradford Bypass. None had a media advisory.

The Ford government is fast-tracking Ring of Fire mining and road construction through its Bill 5 "One Project, One Process" system, overriding the objections of Grassy Narrows First Nation — a community still living with mercury poisoning — bypassing a federally required environmental assessment, and pushing toward a June 2026 construction start that Neskantaga and Attawapiskat First Nations are physically blockading.

Attended the August 24, 2026 groundbreaking with Aroland First Nation on the Anaconda and Painter Lake road upgrades, and the June 25, 2026 Webequie Supply Road groundbreaking. Both roads are scheduled to open by November 2030.

Confidential Metrolinx reports obtained by The Trillium log more than two dozen "significant" safety incidents on Ontario Line and other transit construction between August 2024 and January 2025, including falling loads that landed close to workers and strikes on live power lines. No one was reported hurt. The province and Metrolinx have not answered detailed questions, and it is not known whether the Ministry of Labour investigated any of the incidents.

As the Transportation Minister responsible for Metrolinx, Sarkaria said safety is of the "utmost importance" and that incidents are "fully investigated." His spokesperson declined to answer detailed questions.