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Jonah Schein (NDP-Davenport) is calling for a return to the pre-1997 funding arrangement in which the province paid half of TTC operating costs.
Service cuts and fare hikes — whether 10 cents or 15 cents — are not the appropriate answer for working people who choose greener transportation, he told the Star.
“A big part of the budget crisis at city hall has been created under this (city) administration. But a big part of it is structural, with the province,” Schein said.
His comments came the same day the TTC released a report recommending city councillors on the transit commission approve a 10-cent fare hike that would bring the cost of a token to $2.60 and return the system to 2004 service standards on 62 bus and streetcar routes. The increase would be applied to all fares except the $3 cash fare.
As much as I despise Ford for cutting off perfectly good municipal income sources, the TTC's cash problems started with Mike Harris.
Also: w00t for more NDP MPPs!
