The recent column by Star writer by Martin Regg Cohn denouncing that one-stop wonder known as the Scarborough subway can be summarized as a whimsical hope that the NDP will hurl itself across the tracks. Cohn rightly concludes that the $3.3 billion dollar boondoggle is still alive because Liberals and Conservatives alike think they can win Scarborough in the next election if they promise subways for all. The NDP has no chance of getting elected so maybe they’d like to try to stop the subway in the name of good government. His column is headlined Could the NDP stop the Scarborough subway in its tracks? The newspapering axiom that headlines in the form of a question may all safely be answered “no” seems to apply.
