Dear editor:

Great editorial by Kevin MacLean, “An unnecessary provincial election,” on Jan. 30.

We do not need a provincial election but we do need a leadership election to allow Mr. Ford to move on — perhaps to his construction and development interests that would love to pave our Green Belt.

We do not need another highway. All studies essentially show more highways fill up with more traffic and do not solve the basic problem (we need more rail infrastructure, both freight and passenger — and frequent services).

We have the 407 that we taxpayers paid $1.6 billion for and was sold for $3 billion. Coincidentally, the cost of Mr. Ford’s $200 bribe to voters was interestingly $3 billion.

It appears high time the Progressive Conservatives got a leadership upgrade. Perhaps a change from “Buck-a-Beer” Doug would be welcome.

Barry Solomon
NOTL