It's a provincial program - the Feds have their own means of soaking up your hard earned money. For those who have experienced tolls in the US - you can go from buffalo to NYC ( ~ 6 hours) for less cost than a trip across the city on the 407. Anytime a politician suggests a toll - take him out and shoot him.
It's a narrow minded stupid idea whose feasibility was tested and failed miserably with the games last summer. Traffic chaos ensued with more accidents, more tickets and obviously with a congested roadway now burdened with an additional traffic barrier - horrendous traffic delays. It's a f*cking stupid idea and that has only one purpose - soak more money from the taxpayer. We are paying 20% more in gas than the US (and we are the oil producer) because the money was suppose to pay for the maintenance of our highways. That represents billions of dollars. Your driver license was suppose to pay for the roads as with the escalating costs of your licence plates. This is in addition over the last few years of a 70% increase in commercial plate fees that unless there is a new effort to line the roads with gold foil - the government is simply feeding a financial black hole which needs more and more money until an entire economic collapse ensues that puts Greece's efforts to shame.
Please don't give me the Liberal/ Conservative tripe, I think of it like red and blue underwear - the colour is different but there is still an asshole underneath. Screw the Lexus lane jargon from the conservative MP's, they gave away a core highway crucial to the development of expanding Toronto to a foreign company with the promise we will never try to get our head out of the noose by building an alternative route. By the way, the lexus owners cruising the toll roads will get outright compensated or tax deductions so that you - the taxpayer are even paying for their ability to thumb their nose at you as they travel their exclusive lane.
Does anyone really think that once they have the mechanism in place for billing single drivers, that they won't throw the switch and hit everyone with this additional tax ????