The Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party laid out part of its case for another Queens Park mandate in Windsor-Essex on Wednesday.
Candidate Prabmeet Sarkaria of Brampton South was in Tecumseh to announce the party's policy on infrastructure should the PC Party be given another term in government. He was joined by Windsor-Tecumseh candidate Andrew Dowie and Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara.
Sarkaria, the Minister of Transportation in the previous mandate, announced a pledge of $22-billion in infrastructure spending provincewide, for roads, highways, transit, schools, and hospitals.
In addition to the final stage of the Highway 3 widening project, Sarkaria said the PCs will move forward with crucial construction in Windsor-Essex.
"In Windsor and Essex, a reelected PC government will prioritize the construction of a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway, as well as a new interchange at Highway 401 and the Lauzon Parkway extension," said Sarkaria.
Those projects will address the need to improve trade with the U.S., and handle increased traffic to the new electric-vehicle battery plant and the future Windsor-Essex hospital.
The threat of tariffs on Canadian-made goods by the U.S. government is also driving the PC Party's commitment to job security, Sarkaria added.
"These increased investments will also keep workers on the job in the face of President Trump's tariff threats, which would have a disproportionate impact on sectors such as construction and manufacturing," said Sarkaria.
Sarkaria also pointed out that PC Party Leader Doug Ford was in Washington, DC, meeting with U.S. government officials about the tariff threat, which Sarkaria said would have a detrimental effect on the Windsor-Essex area.
The election is February 27.