News from the Campaign Offices of St. Catharines, Ontario NDP Candidate Jennie Stevens, and Niagara Falls and Welland NDP MPPs Wayne Gates and Cindy Forster
NIAGARA FALLS, MaY 23, 2014—All three Niagara-region NDP candidates (Cindy Forster in Welland, Wayne Gates in Niagara Falls, and Jennie Stevens in St. Catharines) joined together that Niagara Falls GO station to announce that Niagara now has a plan on offer for daily, year-round GO service.
NDP St. Catharines Riding candidate Jennie Stevens and NDP MPPs Wayne Gates for Niagara Falls and Cindy Forster for Welland Ridings at Niagara Falls train station where they promise full Go Train service by 2015.
They also challenged the other parties to show the same commitment to the real needs of Niagara families and businesses.
“This is a growing region, but also a struggling region—and for both reasons, it makes perfect sense to bring year-round daily GO service to Niagara families,” said Gates. “It’s supported by 12 mayors, it’s needed by families and businesses, and it’s now clearly possible thanks to our plan. The unemployed and underemployed can’t wait any longer.”
Neither of the other major parties in the region have been able to present Niagara with a real, viable option for dependable, year-round daily GO connections to surrounding regions.
“The Liberals had ten years to show some kind of sign that they were listening to Niagara’s voice,” said Stevens. “When they’ve bothered to say anything, they’ve only made promises. Well, they can keep on making promises—we’re making plans.”
“From years of working on this issue, I know just how relieved families and businesses will be to have a plan for real transit—and a real choice for accessible and accountable government,” said Forster. “Bringing GO service to Niagara is a clear example of that.”
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