—–WE INTERRUPT THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED BLOG POSTING TO BRING YOU SOME BREAKING NEWS. FEDERAL NDP LEADER THOMAS MULCAIR IS IN TORONTO TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF A STAR CANDIDATE TO A RIDING NOT LOCATED IN SCARBOROUGH—–

[PRESS]: Scarborough subway. Yea or nay?

[THOMAS MULCAIR]: If elected in October, an NDP government will, working with our provincial and municipal partners, develop a National Transit Strategy which will include delivering more money to cities in order for them to begin rebuilding their transit infrastructure that has been sadly neglected and abandoned by previous federal governments.

[PRESS]: Scarborough subway. Yea or nay?

[TM]: Well, it is hardly in the purview of the federal government to be weighing in on specific, local transit project decisions, to show up with an oversized novelty cheque in order to pander for votes or score political points. As I said, if elected in October, an NDP government will, working with our provincial and municipal partners, develop a National Transit Strategy which will include delivering more money to cities in order for them to begin rebuilding their transit infrastructure that has been sadly neglected and abandoned by previous federal governments.

—–WE NOW SEND YOU BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BLOG POSTING—–

You’re welcome, you fucking idiots.

**sigh**

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