Like all governments, the Liberal government of the province of Ontario is trying to be all things to all people.

As someone who grew up in suburbia and knows the futility of trying to do anything there without a car, two articles in the Star have caught my eye.

The first is Roads to get $3.7 Billion facelift, an article about the government pumping money into expanding existing highways and creating new ones. What really bothers me about this is they talk about supporting transit-friendly, high density suburbs (which is the topic of the second article, More of us, living better), yet drop $3.7 Billion dollars so easily while transit systems such as the TTC have to beg and plead for a few hundred million just to maintain current levels of service.

While these announcements seem to be working against eachother, I'm pretty sure I know which one take precedence... the one with the auto industry, building industry and the "vote rich" 906 region behind it.

Nothing is going to change from the status quo until people are shocked into it. Sad, but true.

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