TheTigerMaster
Superstar
All the transit systems should be given over to metrolinx. They don't have any real power. Remember cities can be made and broken in Ontario at the snap of the premiers fingers.
Someone should do something about that.
I really feel that Ontario should seriously consider granting Toronto/GTA some sort of special status within the Province or have the city secede and form some kind of autonomous administrative division independent from the Province of Ontario with greater representation in the House of Commons, where it is grossly underrepresented. The city and the region is simply far to large to be a simple "creature" of the Ontario as it is laid out in the Constitution. The same thing may also be said about Montreal and Vancouver.
Sounds like a crazy idea, but this kind of setup certainly has benefitted several cities around the world.
A political champion. That's pretty much the only way at this point, because Metrolinx, although they clearly want grade-separation, don't want to reopen the political can of worms.
Isn't Metrolinx legally allowed to change the design of the ECLRT however they please? I haven't read the entire contract between the City of Toronto and Metrolinx, but I believe that they has full control over the design of the line as long as they "listen" to public concerns. They've already eliminated Leslie station and made the portion grade separated. What's to stop them from doing the same thing to the rest of the line (I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not that simple)?