tolls are a bad idea because we pay taxes and that is what paying taxes is for. no advanced, functioning society relies on tolls as a source of revenue. if we need more revenue to build and maintain roads, we should raise taxes; conversely, if we want to tale a giant leap bacwkards and decide to rely on tolls, we should eliminate that portion of the tax bill.
in fact, they're not even going to spend the toll money on roads, they're going to use it to pay for salaries and other preventable causes for cost overruns at queen's park. it's an abuse of power. property is theft.
toronto's a big city. it should have some control over it's big roads.
the employees of the city of toronto make too much money and should see an enforced pay cut.
this is why i am very skeptical about the ndp. this is somewhat milder than rae or romanow or dexter, but she's essentially selling off public assets to pay staff, as though she's been an imf double agent the whole time, and that's the kind of thing they always do. they act like the most corrupt neo-liberals out there when you actually elect them, without exception.