January 27, 2020
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#16 The Hamilton Debacle
After a decade of planning and $110 million spent, the Ford Government abruptly cancelled Hamilton’s LRT, leaving empty buildings and questions about the city’s future in its wake. Was it just a line item? Ballooning costs? Or political sabotage in an NDP town?
Jonathan Goldsbie
News Editor
Allison Smith
Co-host, Wag the Doug
Tiffany Lam
Producer
David Crosbie
Senior Producer
Kevin Sexton
Producer

Featured in this episode: Hamilton city councillors Nrinder Nann and Maureen Wilson, and longtime Queen’s Park watcher Keith Leslie.


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