We're all one folks. As long, of course, as we pay equally for it. Would hate to see Toronto property taxes subsidizing riders not paying their share.
Arguably Toronto is already facing that problem, with an 80% recovery ratio, or wherever it is now. But that said, clearly the plan is to make the revenue tools region-wide. I think we'd probably all agree that this should be part of a larger effort to think regionally. That means both within Toronto (where Ford has capitalized on this city vs. suburb mentality) but also between the 416 and 905. There's virtually no difference between Thornhill and Willowdale, to use one easy example.
Back on thread, there is something ironic about the fact that Toronto only got moving on the DRL, which they should have build years ago, when York Region forced their hand. "Oh, suburbanites want to STOP using cars? I guess we should bring our transit network into the 1980s then!"
On the other hand, my concern is that crucial regional projects (obviously, like this one) are now being held hostage to Toronto's rather disastrous transit "planning." Suburbs that
want to intensify have to wait for Toronto to get its house on order. On the hand, that's only fair. On the other hand, when you're trying to build a regional network and one agency is so dominant (and so far behind) a lot of bold, bigger thinking is required to move the ball downfield (to use a Fordian football metaphor).