Road Tolls

• Ford government proposed ban on tolls without waiting for results of internal study

  The Ontario government said it would study tolling and its potential benefits in 2023. It introduced a ban on new tolls before that work was finished, new documents suggest.

  Traffic

  Mar 5
  
• Should Canada charge drivers to use roads during rush hour?

  "Pricing traffic congestion is critical to beating it," says Canada's Ecofiscal Commission.

  Features

  Mar 30, 2019
  
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• Toronto mayor urges federal, provincial governments to help pay for Relief Line

  Toronto Mayor John Tory is calling on the federal and provincial governments to help fund the downtown Relief Line.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2017
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• While Tory and Wynne battle over taxes and tolls, infrastructure will cost you more

  This isn't politics. This isn't ideology. This is math. And the solutions, while simple in the abstract, will be brutal in reality.

  Commentary

  Feb 1, 2017
• Wynne to work with Mayor Tory even though he ‘isn’t happy’ about road tolls

  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledges Toronto Mayor John Tory isn't happy with the province's decision to nix road tolls.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2017
• Toronto mayor fumes at being treated like ‘little boy’ after Ontario nixes road tolls plan

  Toronto Mayor John Tory says he feels like he's being treated like a "little boy going up to Queen's Park in short pants" after the Ontario government slammed the brakes on road tolls that city council approved last December for the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2017
• Ontario to deny Toronto’s request to toll DVP, Gardiner Expressway: sources

  Sources have told Global News that the Ontario government will be denying the City of Toronto's request to toll the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2017
• Ontarians prefer road tolls to higher taxes, more debt to pay for infrastructure: poll

  After Toronto City Council voted in favour of asking the province to approve tolling two major city-owned highways last month, a new poll suggests more than 60 per cent of Ontario residents support using tolls to help fund the cost of public infrastructure.

  Consumer

  Jan 18, 2017
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• Toronto Mayor John Tory’s first term could be defined by road tolls

  Toronto City Council made one of the biggest decisions of 2016 earlier this month by endorsing Mayor John Tory’s push to toll the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway – an issue Tory acknowledges will define his administration.

  Politics

  Dec 28, 2016
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• Big city mayors answered with silence following demand for fiscal power

  The mayors of five big cities haven’t heard a word since releasing an open letter demanding more power over revenue streams.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2016