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Originally Posted by WBC
Ah, the circus is back in town...This is going to end up being the same as Canada Line vote. Mayors will vote no. Then the province will make them vote again, and again until they vote yes. Or maybe, this time the province will simply override them given the lack of time...
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This won't be like the Canada Line. There is no Olympics, it doesn't go in a Premier's city or benefit his business partners, and this is the Evergreen Line we're talking about. Its the ultimate carrot on the stick during election time that municipal, provincial and federal politicians will loose when the project finally has some certainty of moving forward.
I agree with Councillor Meggs and it would really be very irresponsible if the mayors turn it down. The amount of money they will loose is simply mind boggling, its beyond logic why there is even some degree of uncertainty. The property tax isn't really that much and I doubt peeps are going to revolt over $31 increase.
But at the same time, it can be frustrating at a mayor's point of view. Their suggestions of funding through transportation related schemes do hold a lot of merit, and the carbon tax suggestion is supported by pretty much everyone (including the public) but it really is the Province that is making it difficult.
But alas, once again the public is the one to suffer, most specially the Northeast Sector residents. They have been waiting for decades, have already paid more than enough of their fair share for projects that benefit everywhere else, and are the ones that are truly getting the shaft when these two projects get canceled.