During question period Monday, Vic Fedeli, Doug Ford\u2019s finance minister, confirmed that Ford will cut $100 million \u2013 the entire fund for natural gas expansion in northern and rural Ontario \u2013 and refused to answer questions from the NDP on the cancellation of more than $8.6 million in funding for a gas expansion project in Nipissing.<\/p>\n
The NDP\u2019s infrastructure critic, Jennifer French, said that last Wednesday when asked about the $100 million funding cut, the Ford government would not provide a straight answer. Yet that same afternoon, Fedeli cancelled more than $8.6 million in funding for a natural gas expansion project well underway in his own riding of Nipissing.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid the minister of finance actually approve this funding cut to the people in his own riding?\u201d French asked.<\/p>\n
Fedeli avoided answering the question by deferring to the minister of infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The sudden funding cut stopped the project to expand natural gas service to as many as 350 homes in the North Shore area of Trout Lake near North Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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