It's easy to think that Metrolinx could just do this and that and then we'd have a utopia, but things don't work like that. Saying it's a political organization with no ambition beyond the next election cycle doesn't even make sense...they continue to work regardless of the political party in power. They are a crown agency, they don't belong to the OPC, ONDP or OLP. Bureaucratic red tape is just something you've got to deal with, nothing short of youthful naïvety could think otherwise. They make plans and work on the projects, but ultimately it's up to who is in power to fund and approve these things and it's up to them to negotiate with private enterprises like Canadian National and Canada Pacific to negotiate the use of existing rail lines.
Frankly, yeah, they're slow but Metrolinx has done nothing but improve and expand over the years, doing everything from new the Line 5 & 6 in Toronto, to expanding GO trains all the way to London, building the UPE, expanding commuter rail, building our new train station, expanding bus service and so much more. They can't just snap their fingers and take over trackage rights which are, as someone else said, both federal jurisdiction and a private enterprise. I mean, Bill Gates owns a huge portion of CN, do you think he'd just let Metrolinx snap up their track? Lol.
Frankly, yeah, they're slow but Metrolinx has done nothing but improve and expand over the years, doing everything from new the Line 5 & 6 in Toronto, to expanding GO trains all the way to London, building the UPE, expanding commuter rail, building our new train station, expanding bus service and so much more. They can't just snap their fingers and take over trackage rights which are, as someone else said, both federal jurisdiction and a private enterprise. I mean, Bill Gates owns a huge portion of CN, do you think he'd just let Metrolinx snap up their track? Lol.