Mayor John Tory pitched SmartTrack as a fix to Toronto's transit woes to Prime Minister Stephen Harper at their first official meeting Thursday evening.
Tory and the Prime Minister met at Toronto Pearson International Airport following Harper's public appearances in Mississauga.
"I raised with the Prime Minister the challenges of traffic and transit," read a tweet from Tory's account late Thursday night. "We also discussed jobs, the economy and housing. I look forward to many more discussions."
Tory is expected to discuss his conversation with Harper at a news conference Friday morning
The meeting comes just 10 days after Tory was sworn-in to the mayor's office. Tory left a council meeting Thursday to make the appointment, after a successful vote to fast-track plans for his SmartTrack proposal — a 22-stop, above-ground rail line he campaigned on, with the promise to complete it in seven years.
That plan — estimated at $8 billion — will require substantial provincial and federal funds to complete, something Tory vowed to achieve in part through partnerships with both levels of government.
Tory has already had a first meeting with Premier Kathleen Wynne. The two spoke to reporters at Queen's Park last week after what they called a productive meeting.
The Premier asked again for her own meeting with Harper on Thursday, marking more than a year since their last face-to-face chat.
"That is too long between a meeting of the Prime Minister and the Premier of Canada's largest province, whose relationship should be one of collaboration, not confrontation," her letter to Harper read.
With files from Robert Benzie
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