Mr. Speaker, today, I rise with more petitions from northern Ontario calling on the government to designate Trans-Canada Highway 11 as a project of national interest.
This call is growing louder across our region. Just yesterday, the Ontario Minister of Northern Economic Development and Growth, George Pirie, met in Ottawa with the Canadian government alongside Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president Rick Dumas, Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities president Dave Ploudre and Rural Ontario Municipal Association president Christa Lowry to discuss the urgent need to improve Trans-Canada highways 11 and 17.
This is just one example of the collaborative effort from leaders across the province to continue pushing to further improve Trans-Canada highways 11 and 17 safety in northern Ontario.