Tolls, taxes, fees for transit? John Tory aims to lessen the stigma
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April 27, 2010
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The Globe and Mail By KELLY GRANT
John Tory, like the policy battle he’s about to join, has evolved since 2003.
In the mayoral race that year, he “rose up in great indignation” at David Miller’s suggestion that Toronto’s roads be tolled.
Now, seven years later, Mr. Tory intends to use his platform as chairman of the Toronto City Summit Alliance to ratchet down the public indignation that often greets five ideas for funding public transit: road tolls; a Greater Toronto sales tax; a parking tax; a gas-tax hike and a property-tax increase.