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warrant“) amulet! . Wednesday, August 4, 20m - s Feds strll' committed to paying a third of LR'I' costs a»: news anymore. This is a significant issue for pledged to fund two~thirds of the cost that ' . ‘ the region because the province has walked the model changed. 3. from their commitment to this. and further “That changed the landscape some- ' ‘ . to that hasn't been working with the federal what," said Seiling. V \ government on thisissue." “Now the province has announced a . A _ _ Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling number that is somewhere between the - "‘\ .- j, \ ,, » , "“ wouldn't wade into the war of words going one-third and two-thirds.” 3 _ , . f, ”w g on be n the upper level of governments He said the region is prepared to go for ‘__' a" ‘ ' " but samponal officials are still waiting on ward with the plan and will look at how to ‘. the funding commitment from the federal fund it and how to structure it at that point. v I government “Once we know what their number is we ' ‘ Although it looks like the region is facing can look at the overall project costs. and . , Z," ‘ a $230 million funding shortfall from the what our contribution would have to be, , ' l . _ z“; upper levels of government as it stands now. and we’d have to decide where to go from r" “ g 4» he said from the beginning regional council that point on," said Seiling. understood this was going to be a three-way “But quite frankly. given the provincial project with the costs split acoordingiy, number and if the federal number is at least The surprise came when the province a third. I think we have a viable project." While the feds and province bicker over their financial commitment for an new LRT, Regional _.’â€"â€"- chair said the plan is still viable despite the diminished funding. PM more r/ Bv 130qu say what that one~third will be.” /,., ~ . ~ Chmm’cleStaflv Goodyear was critical of the province / - 4 A ~ reneging on a promise to fund two-thirds of L) l 71 L) I t. I I \ ile the upper levels of government the project. and he also spoke in reaction to ’ were taking swipes at each other last federal Liberal leader Michael lgnatieff’s - week over funding for the proposed visit through Waterloo Region last week l l R.\l l i Kl t\ \l \l l Rf “l * _.~' light RailT‘ransit projea. the region is still wait- promising his support of the project "if his ‘ ing on a firm financial commitment from the party formed a future government. , . federal government to fund the project “Michael lgnatieff rolls into town. and as - . Cambridge MPP Gary Goodyear, the he does in every town he makes promises ' ‘ ‘ ‘ Minister of Science and lndustry. said the but doesn't provide any information on . i ‘ : file is on Transport Minister lohn Baird's where the funding is coming from,” said . _ desk and that the federal government is Goodyear. “Unlike Mr. lgnatieff we're not . ' committed to providing oneAthird of its pro- going to raise taxes for this or other projects. jected $790 million cost. It's part of the “Our commitmentis the sameaslastyear shared cost agreement the federal govern- and it's the same today." comfort Plus Has Been seleCted AS ment has committed to other local infra- There were some hoping that the federal _ S ' structure projects and it is the same model government would match the $300 million K w s EXClUSIve Dealer Fer that will beemployed with the LRT. the province has provided for the project. “The members of parliament here in this But realistically LRT supporters can expect, region have been working hard to make sure at most, about $260 million from the federal they get their fair share of funding fora tran- government based on the original capital sit solution," he said. cost projection for the project. “We want people to know that the federal Goodyear blames the province for the govemment came along some time ago and confusion. The federal government never made a commitment of one»third. and we promised matching funds. haven't changed our commitment." "The only thing that has changed is the But Goodyear wouldn't say how much , province." he said. “The province has ‘ the federal govemment‘s final funding figure backed away from their promise. and l have World famous would be. and when it would be made. to tell you I'm thoroughly disappointed with "The talks are ongoing with various the province. ' ' ' stakeholders and its difficult for me to spec- “it seems we've all got used to this quallty With pnces ‘flifi ‘.':.. ., ulate on the final number it’s difficult to rovince breakin romises. it rare] ' makes ~ .. , p g p ’ starting as low as I , . _ D/MEN3/ON3 WM 798 per set " “35>" ’ Come loin K-W's Leading Dance Studio ' ‘ ‘ For Their Summer Camps and Train with Some of 14 . (53 North American Leading Dance Professionals W 11â€" “ . ». ~ A... 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