denfromoakvillemilton
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What do you mean? I'm not saying we stop paying provincial taxes, or separate. I'm saying that if something is really important to us then we should build it. City council is fearful of property tax increases, but when the province took over the school board they didn't have any such concerns that the poor Toronto taxpayers couldn't afford higher property taxes. If the money isn't there to build a line in 10 years then build it in 20. What is missing is a resolve to do it and a focus on real business cases where the project makes sense because rather than a drain on the city it is an investment with some non-fictitious ROI.
The asymmetry and lack of communication. On both sides. We need new taxes. End of story. Toronto will never be great unless we build up.