Deal! Ford leaves TTC alone and Tory supports Ontario Line

The Ontario government has dropped its plan to take over the TTC’s subway system and Mayor Tory has approved construction of the ambitious Ontario Line. In the future, new subways will be owned by Ontario but operated by the TTC. The mayor spoke Wednesday on the deal. He said the City supports the provincial government’s plan to build the Ontario Line, a longer version of the previously proposed downtown relief line and to extend the Bloor-Danforth line further north-east to meet Eglinton Avenue, and west to Exhibition Place. Tory thanked Premier Ford and Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney for sitting down to reach an agreed deal on subways. Building transit in Toronto will require a relentless focus by all three levels of government, not endless fighting, he added.