Gee: Smitherman’s Plan Simply A Transit Lover’s Fantasy

Globe columnist Marcus Gee rips into mayoral candidate George Smitherman’s new transit plan, which he says contains no real plans on how he’ll pay for:

“Mr. Smitherman called the plan both “ambitious” and “affordable.” Reckless and irresponsible might be better.

Seven billion is a lot of money for a city with an annual operating budget of $9.2-billion. Where on earth would a city with chronic money problems find that kind of cash? Well, simple: Mr. Smitherman’s Toronto would take out a loan. Why didn’t anybody else think of that?”

Read the rest of his column here.

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