Yeah and since SmartTrack was the centrepiece of his platform, to the point where it was even on his lawn signs, he has a mandate to go a head and build it.
It obviously won't be exactly like what was proposed during the election once he negotiates with Metrolinx and studies are started, but the core ideas of using GO RER to provide subway-like service, adding more stations and pricing it attractively for local travel should be his priority.
And the best part is, since Metrolinx is fast-tracking the RER program, Tory will have his SmartTrack promise fulfilled (in some form or another) in a relatively short period of time. I don't think he pulled the 7 years number out of his behind. After all, the Liberal promise was to have the entire network done in 10, and I'm sure the Georgetown corridor at least will be one of the priority ones, since all the infrastructure upgrades required for it will be done by next year. Stouffville may be a bit of a challenge, but at least it's a Metrolinx-owned corridor.
The biggest thing to watch though IMO is the Scarborough Subway. The SmartTrack plan makes the subway almost completely redundant, and I hope the solution is just simply a branch off the Stouffville line headed to STC. That's the simplest way, and the lest expensive way, to satisfy almost everyone.