The city needs billions to pay for transit, housing and a host of other vital projects. And it’s far from clear that the extra gasoline tax revenue the premier promises to give the city will match the money that road tolls would raise. Premier Kathleen Wynne has delivered a hard slap in the face to Toronto by nixing the city’s plan to pay for transit by putting tolls on two highways. Toronto put itself through a long, arduous debate over how to fund transit without simply going begging to higher governments. And the additional gasoline tax money directed to municipalities ($334 million by 2012-22) won’t be available to pay for other pressing needs in Toronto or elsewhere.

Source: thestar January 27, 2017 21:04 UTC