The Ontario government has a plan to take over partial control of TTC. Specifically the Subway system. You should note that the previous administration wanted to do the same. I don’t have a Opinion on what the Star Editorial Board thought of this. If I did, I could compare what the two pieces said. Right now, It’s being written as being a sceptical piece.
I initially thought the Province was taking over for financial reasons. That the Ontario Government was taking over the most expensive part of the TTC and it’s operations. That makes sense. I first heard about this on TV. The other advantages are some accounting rules that are in place that the Province could take advantage of that the City of Toronto cannot. Also, the Province could run things more smoothly and efficiently when financing construction for new subway lines. This by amortizing the costs over the life of new projects. It sounds like a good idea. Any idea on paper sounds good. But, it still has to be done. And when something goes wrong, well, this liberal supporting newspaper will be on top of it and will no doubt be throwing the mud at this government. Rightfully so. They don’t need to be skeptical.
It means that this reporter will be working hard to get a lot of answers. They question everything you say. They take what you’ve said in the past on the subject. There’s one sentence in the column that mentions Doug Ford during the election saying he wanted to expand the Subway line all the way to Pickering. Is it going to happen? Probably not. Not during the first four years of this government. So why write something so skeptical. It should be noted that for many years, as far back as I can remember the Ontario Government has been financially assisted by the Government of Ontario. It’s on all buses, streetcars and subways.
If you look at it, the Province of Ontario is offering good news to the City of Toronto, because it means that the City does not have to pay out to so many more millions of dollars subway service. But, and this is a big one, What if the Province was dumping a whole bunch of responsibility onto the City? Remember, When the new mega-city came into being back in 1998, the City had new responsibilities. One was TTC. The City was given new powers within jurisdiction, but was not anywhere near the amount it would be paying out. That’s my opinion. And if this was the Province telling the City to pay for it’s own transit, there’d be hell to pay. The media would be having a field day with this government. Rightfully so too.
Former Mayor David Miller Rebuffed liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty who suggested that Metrolinx, the Provincial Transit Agency take over the TTC.
And if you read into that, it proves that the previous liberal government wanted to do the same. And I wonder what the Star newspaper would have written about that! Definitely not to skeptical. Also for the record, David Miller is against the idea and of course, Andrea Horwath. The Transportation critic for the Oppostion is Jessica Bell, and she says, more money should be put into the Transit system instead of uploading the subway system. There’s more to this, but you can read the excerpt that I’ve included with this posting. But, If you look at their two headlines, “Do Tories really have better way for TTC?”, “Experts fear upload will impact future plans,” they both suggest skepticism, caution against this Ontario PC Government. Also, they throw it on the front page for all to see. If, this had happened with David Miller as Mayor and Dalton McGuinty as Premier, it would have been defended by this newspaper. If it became controversial, it would have been hidden and forgotten. Letters from readers would have a majority of writers supporting the idea. However controversial. Like things Minimum Wage at $14 bucks an hour. Coffee costing more. Controversial like Justin Trudeau and his grabbing of a woman and her breasts in B.C. 18 years ago. Things that are liberal, are not always right. You cannot tell the truth when you’re seeing things through red sunglasses. It needs to stop. Skepticism means:
Inclined to skepticism: having an attitude of doubt; Doubtful about a particular thing.
But one thing is for sure. A different story would have been written If this was Kathleen Wynne instead of Doug Ford. For this reason, I think noboby should be reading or buying Toronto Star newspapers. Here is the latest:
P.S. The picture shows how many newspapers. Which shows how many were sold that day. The Star has more newspapers than any other being sold, which means it’s selling less. An example of it’s reporting and journalism.
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