- Look for Relief Line Short funding to materialize this year.
Most likely in 2018 as an election pledge, much like what GO RER was during the last election. If the Liberals are desperate, they may even commit to the Relief Line long, because it will shore up support in North York and Scarborough, two areas they need to win to have any shot at keeping power.
As a general comment, I strongly suspect 2018 will be the year that we'll see the big GO service boosts on infrastructure that's been under construction for the past few years. If it's a fall election, look for the September service changes to be a whopper. This isn't based on any inside info or anything, just my observation of how politics and transit seem to intersect nowadays. Announcing full AD2W on multiple lines into the 905 would go a long way to winning their support.