TheTigerMaster
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I think a court case would come first. And this is about a lot more than just the subway. It goes to the heart of the Constitution Act and the Fed's ability to exert jurisdiction where provinces had *thought* (whether rightly or wrongly) they had absolute jurisdiction over municipalities.
An example of this Fed/Prov skirmish is already headed to court over Carbon Pricing and method. It's considered that the Feds will win an easy victory on that one. But the subway? The Feds (not all, anyway) might be reticent, as responsibility to rule also means costs.
Now that Sewell wrote that opinion piece, well exposed by TorStar, btw. guaranteed there will be more opinion pieces on the matter, and from Constitutional Lawyers.
I'll keep digging and see what I can add later, but the legal precedents clearly exist. Ford will have no-one to blame when he ends up losing rather than gaining on this...
Ah, so essentially the argument is that the Province has no right to legislate over the TTC subway whatsoever. That will be a fascinating situation, if the argument holds water. Couldn't this potentially render a lot of the past Provincial legislation over the subway invalid?