Catenary
Active Member
For Kathleen, the transit improvements have to include the GTA and all urban areas (Waterloo, Ottawa, North Bay, etc.), and not just Toronto, in her campaign or government session.
Yes they do, since people around the province aren't going to be happy watching "their tax dollars" all apparently being funneled towards the GTA. Since you used North Bay as an examples and I know that city well, I will say that residents were and are not happy that the Northlander was cancelled, with direct comparisons drawn to how the province supports GO. Local transit there doesn't require major capital since they've planned for that (Metrolinx Transit Purchasing CO-OP means 2 new buses a year until the fleet is entirely low floor in 2014) but the system can barely remain afloat and there is no money for any extras like Bike Racks which would help ridership or the installation of an ASA system which I believe is required at some point. A source of steady provincial funding beyond the gas tax is what cities like North Bay are looking for.