Sure, considering you are looking at a 10B deficit, whatever changes in priorities will not create a pot of money to fund transit without adding to the deficit/debt.
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I don't disagree with the facts, just stating the obvious.
People won't vote for higher taxes.
They will believe the next guy who will promise cuts and efficiencies to kill the deficit and fund transit.
Just like the feds and the city did, they will go after public servants even harder than their counterparts and try to squeeze every penny they can.
The major question is... Do you believe they can do it? Do believe they will? Do you believe they will succeed?
Personally, I think the PC will try but they will come up short and disappoint.
The next question is...can we trust the Liberals at all with our money after the lies, the scandals and the wasting.
Then, the ultimate question is, who do you trust more?
See, it's complex. The tax plan to find transit is ok since it's being done in most of the western world.
What makes people hesitate is who's the messenger. Beyond ideology, they have a poor track record so far and people just don't trust them even if they agree that transit expansion is a must.
Yes, its her job to sell the plan to the population but she needs to do it in an election.
Imposing such a measure when you haven't been elected as Premier will definitely get more resistance than if you had won an election.
If she wins a majority with that plan, then she would be justified to implement it. Until then, people will continue to be hostile to it.