TheTigerMaster
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The lack of toad tolls should hopefully make this more politically viable.
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New Transit Funding Sources
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innsertnamehere
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The dropping of the HST hike is the key part. If (as predicted) they replace it with a corporate tax hike, NDP will probably support it.
denfromoakvillemilton
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The plan becomes slightly weaker without road tolls.
TheTigerMaster
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How so?
andrewpmk
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This means the tax will be significantly less than previously anticipated.
With a smaller tax increase city council will need to make some tough choices about which transit projects to build. To fund the two really important projects (DRL and GO expansion) we might need to cancel other projects. Hopefully this is an opportunity to kill bad projects like Sheppard LRT.
With a smaller tax increase city council will need to make some tough choices about which transit projects to build. To fund the two really important projects (DRL and GO expansion) we might need to cancel other projects. Hopefully this is an opportunity to kill bad projects like Sheppard LRT.
salsa
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I think the tax revenue will still be the same. It's only a matter of choosing what kinds of taxes people are willing to implement or increase.
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Road tolls will provide more money.
As long as it's revenue-neutral, I'm fine with it. I think they also had a problem in that the HST hike would have needed to be implemented province-wide, in order to ease implementation.
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Toronto benefits the entire province.
What makes you think that the HST revenue from all across the Province would go to the GTHA? If it was implemented, I would be pretty vocal about Ottawa's HST money staying in Ottawa. Ditto for K-W, London, etc.
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Im just saying to rest of ontario tends to hate on Toronto.
salsa
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So tired of this urban-rural civil war in Ontario.
Johnny Au
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...with newer suburbs allying with the rural and older suburbs allying with the urban
andrewpmk
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In my experience the express trains are busier than the local trains so the Exhibition passenger definitely does not cost GO as much as an Oakville passenger. Of course if you expand Union capacity and add service then this is less of an issue, and there will be a massive increase in non-Union trips.
innsertnamehere
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30 minute service has been a huge improvement, it makes the line much more convenient. when 15 minute service is introduced this line will effectively operate as S-bahn type service (if not quite as well) for passengers. If that level of service can be coupled with strong bus connections at every stop, the line has the potential to be a great asset for the city.