Opinion from the Toronto Star

How we get bribed with our own money on transit: James

On matters of Toronto’s transportation and transit building, the more things change . . .

Our local politicians, often the mayor, push pet projects, promoting them ahead of independent study and thought.

They use political pressure to advance said projects to the top of the priority list, even before democratic bodies like city council are given…

Don't forget it means selling off of a portion of Hydro One (or is it a lease, like the 407 is)?

Ontario budget will be about building transit, Wynne says

‎Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ontarians should all climb aboard her plan to boost transit.

“The days of underspending on infrastructure are over,” Wynne told reporters after stepping off the Union-Pearson Express train that will go into service on June 6.

The premier took the media on the smooth 23-minute ride from Union Station to Pearson Inter‎national…