Every premier is a happy majority of one who can win any argument, especially when the NDP is right there to help him/her avoid an election. So it is, as reported by the Star, that Premier Kathleen Wynne is not backing off on raising taxes or fees to fund improved transit for the GTA and Hamilton. Right you are, Premier Kath. We like ’em strong in Ontario. Those who may wonder about the validity of all the no-brainer public opinion polls in which the electorate seems to really want networks of LRTs to everywhere are just bystanders at this stage. It’s a little like asking if someone wants free money. Or, “Hey buddy, want an LRT running up to your front door?” But we suppose that the research about “gridlock” is better than that, and that it can be shown that “gridlock” is going to get us. Locking us forever in its grid. How terrible. Or is it still true that life’s worst fears are seldom realized?
