If the premier is listening to the NDP and PCers at Queen’s Park she will back off on the array of taxes she has discussed to finance the construction of subways. Both the Conservatives and New Democrats have said they won’t support any effort by the minority Liberal government to raise taxes on people to pay for public transit. The budget comes down next Thursday and Ms. Wynne was trying to win votes outside Toronto this day by promising a $100 million fund to build roads and bridges in rural and northern Ontario.
