Tuscani01
Senior Member
That vote was only to overturn the memorandum of understanding where Finch was cancelled and replaced by the fully underground Eglinton LRT. It's only relevant to mention that it was passed under Ford within the overall context of what was going on.
The RT conversion to subway is favoured by local politicians and by the mayor. It's exactly met the criteria I set out in my post. It's even being supported by council! They may have said that they'll "go it alone", but they've also repeatedly said that they don't want to build projects without local support. You should be interpreting their threat to "go it alone" as a way of saying that they don't want the debate to go on any longer. It's more of a "Stop arguing or I'll pull the car over! I swear I'll do it!".
And besides, it's not really "going it alone" when the province isn't even fully funding it!
What the Ford years has taught us is that Metrolinx and the province tend to follow local political trends, and not the other way around.
And you just made my point. The Province won't back down on Finch now because they don't want the debate to go on any longer. Tory isn't going after Finch, and has made absolutely no indication that he would be doing so. With the Province on board with Smart Track, they pretty much have a green light to proceed.