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IS REDUCING DRAMATICALLY --
>> House Speaker: THANK
YOU, NEW QUESTION.
MEMBER FROM BARRIE.
>> THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
MY QUESTION FOR THE
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE OF THE
PAN AM GAMES.
ONTARIANS HAVE A RIGHT TO
KNOW HOW MUCH THE PAN AM
GAMES WILL COST THEM.
TOTAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT
$1.4 BILLION WE WERE TOLD.
WITH OTHER PARTNERS AS YOU
CONTINUE TO POINT OUT.
THE ISSUE THE ONTARIO
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
TACKED ON AN EXTRA $1.1
BILLION IN COSTS.
MAGICALLY -- PAN AM
PROJECTS LIKE THE ATHLETES
VILLAGE, THE AIR RAIL LINK,
SECRETARIAT MONEY, NOT
INCLUDING SECURITY AND
TRANSPORTATION, ALL OUTSIDE
THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
MINISTER, WHAT IS THE TOTAL
OF THE PAN AM GAMES?
DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER AND IF
NOT, WHY NOT?
>> HOW MUCH?
HOW MUCH?
>> House Speaker: MINISTER
RESPONSIBLE FOR --
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> HAVING A MORE DETAILED
DEBATE, WITH THE HONOURABLE
MEMBER, THAT WAS CANCELED,
SO I WONDER WHY IT WAS
CANCELED.
AND SPEAKER, MINISTRY IS
WORKING AT THE MOMENT,
TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY.
TRANSPORTATION IS A COMPLEX
FILE.
10,000 KILOMETRES SQUARE
AND 14 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SPEAKER, AT THE MOMENT SOME
OF OUR CURRENT PLANNING
PRIORITY INCLUDE
ESTABLISHING A SAFE AND
RELIABLE ROUTE FOR ATHLETES
AND OFFICIALS.
STRATEGIES TO HANDLE INFLUX
OF SPECTATORS, AND --
>> House Speaker: ANSWER.
>> AND INTEGRATED AND OTHER
WAYS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL
GAME TRANSPORTATION.
THANK YOU, SPEAKER.
>> MINISTER, IT IS A
COMPLEX FILE, THAT'S WHY
YOU DON'T HAVE A GRIP ON IT.
WE WOULD LOVE AN ANSWER TO
THE SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THE COST TO
ONTARIANS.
THE STOCK ANSWER IS GOING
TO BECOME MORE EMBARRASSING
ONCE WE GET THE DOCUMENTS
FOR THE ESTIMATES ON
NOVEMBER 19.
IT'S NOT JUST THE DOUBLE
SPEAK, MINISTER, THAT'S THE
PROBLEM.
IT'S THAT YOU ARE GIVING
AWAY MORE OF OUR --
>> House Speaker: WITHDRAW
PLEASE.
WITHDRAW PLEASE.
>> WITHDRAWN.
WITHDRAWN, SPEAKER.
IT'S YOU ARE GIVING AWAY
MORE OF OUR MONEY AS A
BONUS TO EXECUTIVES FOR A
FALSE BUDGET.
BUDGET IS TWO YEARS OUT OF
DATE AND SEVERELY FLAWED.
DESPITE THE SMOKE AND
MIRRORS WE HAVE CONFIRMED
AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL $1.1
BILLION FOR PAN AM.
YOU CONTINUE TO MISINFORM
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TOTAL
COST --
>> House Speaker: MEMBER
WILL WITHDRAW.
>> WITHDRAWN.
MINISTER, YOU ARE NOT
ACCOUNTABLE, WILL YOU STEP
DOWN TODAY AND LET --
>> House Speaker: BE SEATED
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
MINISTER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
SPEAKER, THE MEMBER IS
THINKING OF THE CREATION OF
-- UNDERMINE THE PAN AM
GAMES.
SPEAKER, HE WANTS TO CUT
THE TIES OF 46 COUNTRIES,
AND THE JOBS THAT WE
CREATE, HE WANTS TO DESTROY
THE CAPITOL PROJECT AND HE
WANTS TO DAMPEN THE SPIRITS