[GenerationW]

Dear Scarborough,

We don't want your transit squabbles to become our problem too. Please go away.

Sincerely,
The rest of Canada

Scarborough isn't squabbling, the feds and the province are.

 

[Tulse]

Scarborough isn't squabbling, the feds and the province are.

There was a fair bit of squabbling in the city itself about transit in Scarborough.

 

[GenerationW]

There was a fair bit of squabbling in the city itself about transit in Scarborough.

.......among other places.

 

[Rainforest]

For whatever merits or demerits the SSE project has, it is not national project. It is a local subway extension.

 

[Edward Skira]

Other than the Trans Canada Highway what is a national project?

 

[CDL.TO]

Other than the Trans Canada Highway what is a national project?

Repaving the main street in Lloydminster?

 

[Rainforest]

Other than the Trans Canada Highway what is a national project?

IMO, a national project is something that affects more than one province. That could be highways, waterways, pipelines, electric transmission lines, intercity rail, airport improvements.

 

[W. K. Lis]

IMO, a national project is something that affects more than one province. That could be highways, waterways, pipelines, electric transmission lines, intercity rail, airport improvements.

That's rail that runs in rural ridings, not rail that runs in urban ridings... at the moment.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

Is this thing going to be built. Every time I come back to this thread something or somebody is in dispute.

 

[Rainforest]

That's rail that runs in rural ridings, not rail that runs in urban ridings... at the moment.

1) Rural ridings are part of our country, too.

2) If, say, they fund a Quebec City - Windsor rail corridor, it will primarily serve cities even though most of the rail kilometers will run through rural ridings.

3) If they fund freight rail improvements, everyone will benefit.

Btw, I am not suggesting that the above projects must be a priority; merely discussing what is / is not a national project by definition. It is possible that they got it wrong in terms of funding allocation, and directing a greater share to provincial / municipal infrastructure would be more beneficial at this time.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

1) Rural ridings are part of our country, too.

2) If, say, they fund a Quebec City - Windsor rail corridor, it will primarily serve cities even though most of the rail kilometers will run through rural ridings.

3) If they fund freight rail improvements, everyone will benefit.

Btw, I am not suggesting that the above projects must be a priority; merely discussing what is / is not a national project by definition. It is possible that they got it wrong in terms of funding allocation, and directing a greater share to provincial / municipal infrastructure would be more beneficial at this time.

But if the definition matters, why did they give any money at all, other then to win voters? Seems to be splitting hairs imo.

 

[CapitalSeven]

I would be happy if the feds used their fiscal clout to call bullpoop on projects that make no sense. But that's unlikely to happen in the current environment. At least in Toronto.

 

[Rainforest]

But if the definition matters, why did they give any money at all, other then to win voters? Seems to be splitting hairs imo.

IMO, the definitions should matter for us, or anybody who discusses the issues.

What matters for the government, is another question. I guess, they want votes much more than formal clarity of their definitions.

 

[MisterF]

The Trans-Canada Highway isn't really national in terms of how it's used. It's more of a series of provincial highways with the Trans-Canada brand slapped on top. It's use as a long distance transportation system is pretty limited and there's hardly any involvement from the federal government. The part that connects eastern Canada to the west has very low volumes. And while it's more significant in other parts of the country, it's pretty much irrelevant to the lives of most Ontarians.

A local transit project might not be national, but neither is widening a section of Highway 17 when you really think about it.

 

[Duck]

So this replacement of the rt with a subway that is going to do exactly what SmartTrack is doing is looking pretty stupid now, isn't it?

Should have just bought MK III trains...