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I'd be against tolling it, except that it WAS tolled until 1990. It was how the federal government originally financed the bridge, they only got rid of it in 1990 because the bridge was paid off. Same way the Jacques Cartier was financed. Bringing back the historic financing tool to build the Champlain again this time does seem fair considering that context. That said, the Feds do own the bridge, did cheap out and choose an incredibly bad design because it was cheaper, ignored the warning signs, and didn't maintain it properly for years until it way past the point of no return, so Quebec has legitimate claim to some Federal money to help clean up a mess of Federal making, but I think Harper's position is reasonable. I say this as a native Montrealer who really wants the bridge built and who isn't a Tory generally.