Active transportation needs a federal champion

Mandate letters, used to set priorities for federal ministers, make no mention of active transportation. This is a problem for so many reasons.

Kent Hehr, minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, pictured Nov. 22, 2017, on Parliament Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JUDI VARGA-TOTH, KIM PERROTTA

December 11, 2017

TORONTO—Canada needs a federal champion for active modes of transportation such as cycling and walking. At present, no federal minister has been assigned responsibility for supporting active transportation in this country. Mandate letters, used to set priorities for federal ministers, make no ment...

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