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Originally Posted by Franky
A toll is a tax. European cities don't face the same problems North American cities face.
We missed the boat on climate change if that's your concern. Taxing GHG was the way to get tax money for sustainable alternatives. We voted in Harper instead, you know, the global warming denying, tar sands advocating, near sited, self serving, fear of change inducing conservative.
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It's not only taxing for GHG, it's also for subsidising people and keeping sprawl from happeing. You want to live 50km from your work? Fine, that's your choice, pay for it. Plus it's not only transit infrastructures that lack, but road infrastructures are crumbling down.
Canada's quality of life has come down horribly in the last decade, so if we don't want to be worst than a 3rd world country, we actually need to charge what it costs to do. But that seems to be a concept unknown to politician. Just look at the city of Ottawa, they want to freeze salaries. It's not staff fault's if they decreased taxes by 10% in 2001.
I'm all for giving people's choice, but come on, there is a cost associated to that choice. Whatever the choice is, there's an environmental costs that needs to be paid somehow. You want to develop on farm land? Fine, pay 5x the amount than right now.
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