"It's frustrating that these ongoing issues with these trains continue. It really erodes trust in our public transit system," said Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, a member of Ottawa's transit commission who led calls for the recent public inquiry into the Confederation Line.
City Councillor and mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney was also critical of the decision not to report testing failures during trial running. “It’s disappointing really, it means we’re not all given the information that we need to make the decisions on the behalf of residents,”
McKenney went big, putting on the table a motion that would activate a section of the Ontario Municipal Act that allows councils to request a judicial inquiry.
"Having it up and running is fantastic, but we must understand what went wrong. We have to know (as we are) building Phase 2, Line 2 with SNC Lavelin, that we are not making the same mistakes again."
"There's absolutely no evidence that would support this decision for being positive for drivers, for any other type of commuter, for the investment we're making into transit. Quite the opposite. Time and time again, we've shown that inducing demand does that. You just get more cars on the road."