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The province ordered the city to pull a job listing for a $420,000 contract to curate and co-ordinate art for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT, calling it an “unnecessary extravagance.”

Kathleen Wynne, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, learned about the two-year art consultant contract posted by the Toronto Transit Commission from a newspaper article Thursday morning. Funding for the position would have come out of the $8.2-billion the provincial government, through its transit agency called Metrolinx, has set aside to pay for the 20-kilometre light rail line, which extends from Black Creek Drive to Kennedy station. It is slated for completion in 2020.

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“My immediate response was to ask Metrolinx to contact the TTC to take down the post,” said Ms. Wynne, whose Liberal party faces a tough fight in the Oct. 6 provincial election.She has also requested an immediate review of any contracts related to the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown for which the TTC has asked for bids. As Metrolinx’s agent in the project, the TTC had authority to issue tenders for up to a certain amount.