07-12-2016, 11:40 AM
My understanding has been that the rapid transit budget, the multi-year tax increase, the one always brought up in the Record, it encompasses all LRT costs. We cut them a cheque to meet the contract, which includes building the system, maintaining it, operating it to certain standards, etc. So the increase in cost is already there. I'd almost wonder if politicians would be tempted to try reabsorbing those service hours as a tax reduction effort.