Torontoist: Huge Roadwork Budget Announced, No More Plastic Wine Bags, RIP Sydney Pollack

TokyoTuds

Wed, 28 May 2008 19:46:12 -0500

$2 billion on the road budget, and VIA Rail and GO Transit languish. Has anyone heard the budget for inter-city and commuter rail by chance? This in Wiki: "On October 11, 2007, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced federal government funding of $691.9 million over five years, of which $519 million is capital funding, and the remainder additional operating funding." That is 138M per year. This after 25 years of cutting. The MoveOntario 2020 Plan has a lot of merit, though. "The provincial government will pay 65 per cent of the cost — $11.5 billion — out of existing provincial revenue streams. Costs will only begin once construction has been completed, similar to a homeowner’s mortgage. This means the cost will be spread over 50 years." Tuds

StagedAndConfused

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:44:09 -0500

"lots of people have left behind less, so good for him." Very true. You so classy Explosively Talented Christopher Bird. Don't let anybody tell you different.

tyrannosaurus_rek

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:37:07 -0500

I'll bet plenty of people in those British towns did and still sweat and grouse about it.

Svend

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:09:33 -0500

There's a lot of things you don't know anything about, Torontoist. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand. You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner. A rebel.

David E

Tue, 27 May 2008 09:17:51 -0500

. . .LCBO plastic bags were really goddamn good plastic bags . . .. ------------- But a reusable canvas or other sturdy material bag can make its own statement and we'll be streets ahead in cleaning up the mess that bags cause. Think of those towns in Britain where bags are now illegal. Nobody's sweating or grousing.

alex gorbatchev

Tue, 27 May 2008 09:06:55 -0500

i'm at a complete loss why people who are found out to be stealing money are still employed and are not under criminal investigation.