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Emmett Shane
Emmett Shane is a semi-retired CBC Toronto journalist (TV, radio, online) who covers Toronto transit and urban affairs and guest-hosts The Torontonian podcast.
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Sep 29, 2026
Toronto transit as a Greek tragedy
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6:29Doug FordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and along with them along much quicker i always say faster quicker and cheaper the fact is we can get it done infrastructure ontario and metrolinx have a track record of delivering projects on time and on budget and we are working with the city and we are working fast
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6:50Emmett ShaneGUEST
Okay, now, Mary, that clip reminds me of something that I stumbled on when I was researching for this podcast.
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6:59Emmett ShaneGUEST
And it was a back and forth between Ford and a reporter talking about the rising cost of the Ontario line, the construction.
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7:09Emmett ShaneGUEST
And the reporter asked, look, in 2026 dollars, this has gone up by massive amounts of money.
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21:33Steve MunroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm going to turn that head and say, to be fair, I cannot imagine building a cut-and-cover