From The National Post: "Folks all over the place are unhappy that their best hope for faster, more reliable transit is on hold indefinitely," said the president of community outreach consultancy Public Interest, who has begun to work on behalf of the Save Transit City campaign in his spare time. "
"Urban planning professor J. David Hulchanski added academic heft to the charge of the light rail brigade this week with a map juxtaposing the Transit City scheme with income statistics, highlighting the overlap between poor neighbourhoods and the proposed lines."
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Money for auto manufacturers, but not for transit projects
The frustrating thing is that the Ontario government had almost the same amount of money to save the auto manufacturers after just a few weeks. However, even after years of planning it had announced funding for transit projects, only to have almost the same amount clawed back.