Members of Toronto's executive committee have voted to ask the province for the power to toll local roads, such as the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) and Gardiner Expressway, and to potentially impose several new taxes.

Toronto Mayor John Tory is expected to advocate tolls on the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway Thursday afternoon. But before he was supportive of tolls, he was against them, as evidenced in his 2003 mayoral campaign and in comments made as recently as last year.

Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced his endorsement of a plan to put tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway in order to pay for transit and road projects.