denfromoakvillemilton
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Well the reason why York Region is getting so many subway extensions is because the region wants it. The reason why Mississauga never got a western extension of Line 2 despite it being proposed, is because they didn't want it.
From what I understand of Mississauga, even though Hazel is long gone, a lot of her policies and her cult like status isn't. As such, a lot of her principles like "Mississauga First" and "The Mississauga Identity" are alive and well.
People can appreciate hazel for what she did but at at the same time not agree with every decision she made or every stance she has.
Nothing about York region screams that they have given up or want to be second fiddle. You can want to be Mississauga first and at the same time recognize to be first you shouldn’t be the last 905 area to get a subway. By connecting to the network you help others get to Mississauga. See how that sounds Mississauga first.
Again Bonnie is in charge. And if anything we know that the mayor in Mississauga has a lot of pull. What is her position on this.
As far as I know (I don't live there so I can't say anything with 100% certainty) is that Bonnie is sort of Hazel 2.0 and is continuing a lot of her policies. That's kind of the point I was trying to make, that even though Hazel is technically gone, her spirit is still alive and well.
Well even the conservatives are for subways subways subways since they realized it spurs developers, side deals, gives good ribbon cutting photo ops and increases tax bases. Bonnie would have to be the only person in the room to be anti subway at this point.
It's been a while @sixrings , hope everything is well.
You're both right, Missisauga didn't want the subway, at city council didn't. But we do need to connect Square One to Downtown, and York Region has begun to overtake Peel as the number two in the area and it's ridiculous. There probably would be a lot less opposition to a Bloor Danforth extension west (lets be honest, back when the Spadina Subway was proposed there was nothing there) But the Crombie has to want it. Question is, what will residents say if she rejects it in the future.
Well even the conservatives are for subways subways subways since they realized it spurs developers, side deals, gives good ribbon cutting photo ops and increases tax bases. Bonnie would have to be the only person in the room to be anti subway at this point.