Unfortunately government services or capital investments cost money. Money comes from taxes (or tolls or user fees or whatever). Anyone who wants to limit taxation and increase spending is dreaming. Put otherwise, yes, we can cut taxes but if we do so will have less services:
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May 28, 2011
Royson James
Star Columnist
It will likely take new road tolls and congestion charges and other revenue tools to help deliver "the biggest transit deal in North America, or perhaps the world," says the man hired to pave the path toward the $4 billion Sheppard Subway.
As such, claims that the private sector will step in and build the line on their own are not realistic, says Gordon Chong, ex-city councillor, ex-chair of GO Transit, ex-TTC commissioner and now chair of the Toronto Transit Infrastructure Ltd., the dormant investment arm of the transit company.
As well as tolls, there will need to be increased government grants, unprecedented development fees, revenue tools not used here before, plus the public-private partnership Mayor Rob Ford covets in order to make the project happen, Chong said in an interview.
1 comment:
I have a friend who owns a Whitby construction co. He loves the 407 and its tolls. Why?
When you have 4 men in a truck, paying well over 150 per hr in labour getting to your destination quickly is essential to productivity.
Getting labour and goods to market as quickly as possible, something Rob Ford understands and David Miller never did.
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