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Originally Posted by manny_santos
Of course, but on a per capita basis the Toronto area still seems to receive better funding contributions from the provincial government. The primary indicator of this is public transit.
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What Toronto likely gets is a bigger subsidy than it deserves in order to run its inefficient, union-staffed operations. As far as infrastructure projects go, however, I'm more inclined to say the place is underfunded.
Don't get me wrong, London Transit is pretty bad (hence my decision to spend a large portion of my disposable income running a car), because of both a lack of planning at the municipal level and a lack of funding from higher levels of government. That being said, Toronto's transit system is actually terrible for a city its size. Prior to Ford's endorsement of subway expansion, Toronto's plans to
expand transit were also terrible. The thing is Toronto actually HAD plans, while London twiddled its thumbs over basic shit like road upgrades. Thus we lost out on stimulus.