superman
Active Member
Any idiot can propose building whatever subway line they want. But the "plan"(and even calling it a plan is a stretch) to pay for it is just a pie in the sky fantasy that simply won't work, and even if it could then there is no need to get the private sector involved as the city is still paying for it either way.
This is just like his NFL idea, there is nothing concrete behind the idea beyond Ford yapping on about the private sector.
I don't think taking on debt is an idea that "won't work" as long as there is an appetite for it from the city - they can take on as much debt as they want, whether from private or from public sources.
My argument is that now that Ford has given Torontonians an option of a subway on Sheppard (without the loss of the Eglinton and Scarborough line). The optics will work out good for him. The fiscal conservatives will be silenced since they are under Ford's wings and Toronto is given the chance to have better transit and a way to pay it off.
On the bright side, the Eglinton LRT can now probably be extended since there is money freed up.