GraphicMatt
Looking forward to a FRESH START for Toronto
It's no wonder the province decided to cut funding for transit, especially to Toronto. Cutting Toronto's transit funding was 100% politically savy and expedient.
We have a lame-duck mayor, whose whining about what was promised was just sad to watch on television yesterday, and a TTC-chair who's lost in corruption and disarray. But most of all, the one thing McGuinty knows, and knows very well, is that no matter what he does or does not do, Toronto will always vote Liberal. You going to vote in Hudak and the Harris-like PCs or another NDP Rae-type disaster? I didn't think so, and neither does Dalton.
So, you've got mediocre leadership in the city, and no political risk for the premier. It's the perfect storm. The new mayor will inherit this mess.
We generally disagree on things, but you're absolutely right here. This was a calculated play by the liberals, knowing that they'd lose more overall support with a bigger budget deficit than they would in Toronto with a transit cut.
I'm not going to let it go, though. I'd take a Hudak government in 2011 (hopefully a minority) if it meant the Liberals got the message that Toronto doesn't just roll over and accept whatever.