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"Non-drivers subsidizing drivers" is probably the wrong way to put it - how about this:
Non-drivers cost the government less money.
Non-drivers cost the government less money.
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"Non-drivers subsidizing drivers" is probably the wrong way to put it - how about this:
Non-drivers cost the government less money.
You will also need to factor in that a lot of non-drivers also don't pay income taxes or property taxes. I highly doubt if you factored everything in, drivers are subsidized by non-drivers. Unless you count people with a chauffeur as non drivers.
I am fine with getting rid of on street parking downtown as long as equivalent number of parking spaces are created off street, or better yet, give private companies the time/permission to create those parking spaces. I am also for road toll and other user fees if income taxes are cut.
And a lot of downtown, 2, 3, and 4-person families have only 1-car, when similar income families in tbe suburbs have 2.There are many homeowners who don't drive a car. They still pay for roads through municipal taxes.
To what "non-drivers" are you referring to? Children?
There are many homeowners who don't drive a car. They still pay for roads through municipal taxes. Add to that, a portion of the rent a person pays goes towards the landlord's municipal taxes.
I think you should get a primer on the tax system. The city does not collect income taxes, so if you are expecting a cut from that level of government, you're plumb outta luck. Parking regulations are enforced by the city and not by the province.
According to that survey, it seems that Ford is going to continue having a hard time finding support on council. These are Ford's main issues but not his most controversial. If so few councillors support these 5, then there's no way he'd be able to pass getting rid of streetcar routes, and unlikely that he'll get transit city scrapped, and funding for the arts taken away. Even cancelling the Nathan Philips Square renovation seems unlikely to pass given the hints expressed in this survey.
The worst that can happen with Ford as Mayor is that Toronto will lose the momentum it had going during Miller's years.
You're making a weird binary distinction between drivers and non-drivers. Someone who lives in Barrie and drives to Toronto for work every day and then drives for all social engagements and household needs is undoubtedly being subsidized by the family who lives on the Danforth who owns one car and uses it only occasionally for short trips to Home Depot or whatever.
Back on topic: The Star surveyed (most of) the new Council on five key issues Ford pushed during the campaign: Making the TTC an essential service; Contracting out garbage; cutting funding to pride/caribana/other events; reducing the size of city council; eliminating fair wage policy.
Of the five, it looks like privatizing garbage collection and making the TTC an essential service are the only two that could happen.
Results here: http://www.thestar.com/staticcontent/883047
Strategy. You won't get an executive position if you openly state you'll oppose your boss.A lot of the new councillors are undecided on just about everything. After six months running for office, you'd think they'd have developed opinions on these pretty basic questions.