Campaign for Parliament
Riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s
Campaign for Parliament
Riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s
Dr Anthony Akpan Ikpong is vying to be the Liberal Party of Canada’s nominee to represent the Riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s in Federal Parliament in Ottawa. Dr Ikpong is a first-class civil and highway bridge engineer who previously worked for CN Railway (Edmonton-Alberta) where he designed many railway bridges built in the United States but belonging to CN. Dr Ikpong then worked for Yukon Government for seven (7) years during which he managed the implementation of over ten (10) major highway bridge projects, before completing his PhD degree program in which he pioneered research into the climate change resilience rating of highway bridges in cold regions such as Canada. In Ontario, while working for a private sector consulting engineering firm, Dr Ikpong did what the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario is supposed to do on behalf of the tax payers: he vetted the work of three (3) consulting engineering firms that were awarded over twenty (20) highway bridge design projects and determined that the bridges were under-designed by 30%.
A Tribunal of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) that heard the matter in 2017 recommended that the allegations of deliberate falsification and doctoring of bridge load test results (by MTO engineers) for the Sturgeon River Bridge (located in Northwestern Ontario) be seriously considered and the conclusions published. What happened immediately after that is that the three (3) engineers at the MTO who were entangled in the matter immediately resigned from Government just as the two (2) university professors of structural engineering (who testified on behalf of the MTO and PEO at the Tribunal hearing) resigned from their university employment.
However, neither PEO nor the MTO have moved to take any action on the recommendations of the PEO Tribunal regarding the allegations (backed by structural engineering proofs) that MTO engineers deliberately falsified/doctored bridge load test results and that PEO conspired afterwards to cover up the crime (and thus defraud and swindle the Ontario Public). At the same time, it is well established that the accused is never going to bring themselves to justice. That responsibility falls to the elected representatives of the people. That is why Dr Ikpong has launched a campaign for parliament from where he can ensure that the affected highway bridges are remedied and those responsible for this gigantic scandal are held accountable.
