First off the province and the lives of the people in it don't revolve entirely around GO. Now if I can say than,
and I actually make a living driving them, than anyone can. No one should base their support for a political party solely on the strength of one issue alone (it sounds as if some people here actually do). That's simply very short-sighted.
Secondly we're in a different era, the governments of today aren't inheriting the province of days gone by. All political parties realize importance of public transit and that its the only way to sustain our economic development and reduce green house gas emissions. You won't see any major cuts no matter who's in power. There's a lot of money that's already gone into the system and equipment, if they wanted they could run all day service on all the lines right now(except of course for the Georgetown since its currently smothered by construction work) - save for the manpower issue. Which I've already spoken at length about, that's all that's holding them back.
But again, this is just one issue. Even if the other parties would have done worse in this area I can't/won't make my decision based solely on any one issue, no matter how important.
The Hamilton Sub sees 4 pairs of scheduled trains, along with a pair of daily switchers to the Belt Line.
Those volumes are a lot less than what I last heard. Though it has been a long time since I've gotten an update... If so, than I can't blame the gov as much for that situation.
Having said all that I haven't decided who to vote for just yet. I was half-joking when I said that (note the smiley). I am disappointed by the current regimes failure, hence I noted that. However that doesn't necessarily mean I think any of the other parties will 'automatically' do better, there's a lot to consider.
